De Riemer v. Cantillon
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill stated, among other things, that Richard De Cantillon, in his life time, owned seventy-two acres of land on the Hudson river, which, in his title deed, was described as beginning at a hemlock tree, on the bank of Grom, Elbow Creek, and described by metes and bounds, and running to the Hudson, and along the river to the creek, and then as the creek runs, including the creek, to the place of begitining.
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THE bill stated, among other things, that Richard De Cantillon, in his life time, owned seventy-two acres of land on the Hudson river, which, in his title deed, was described as beginning at a hemlock tree, on the bank of Grom, Elbow Creek, and described by metes and bounds, and running to the Hudson, and along the river to the creek, and then as the creek runs, including the creek, to the place of begitining. De Cantillon built mills on the' creek, and on the land j and he, jointly with J. T. Stoutenbergh, purchased several small pieces of land adjoining, on the north side of the creek, for…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The proof in this case is full and complete, that the deed from the sheriff to Parkinson did not convey all the land that was sold and bid off at the sheriff’s sale. Considering the situation and possession of the parcels of land not included in the sheriff’s deed, it is difficult to believe, that they would have been intentionally omitted in the sale. They are parcels of land appurtenant *89to the seventy-two acres, and were purchased by the ancestor of the defendants, as proper and necessary for the enjoyment of the landing, and to give due value to the privileges attached to…
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