Heeney v. Trustees of Brooklyn Benevolent Society
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action under the code, in the nature of an ejectment, to recover premises situated in Brooklyn. The plaintiffs claimed the premises as heirs, and the defendants claimed them as devisees of Cornelius Heeney, deceased.
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THIS was an action under the code, in the nature of an ejectment, to recover premises situated in Brooklyn. The plaintiffs claimed the premises as heirs, and the defendants claimed them as devisees of Cornelius Heeney, deceased. The action was tried at the Kings county circuit, in April, 1858. On the trial the plaintiffs gave in evidence exemplified copies of their naturalization papers, from which it appeared that on the 2d day of July, 1851, the plaintiff, Alicia C. Heeney, became and was duly naturalized and admitted to citizenship of the United States, in the court of common pleas for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
u The plaintiffs claim as the heirs at law of Cornelius Ileeney, to recover the possession of certain lands in the city of Brooklyn mentioned in the complaint, nowin thepossession of the defendants, and of which he died seised on the second of May, 1848. It appears from the evidence, that he emigrated to this country from Ireland some time during the latter half of the last century, and was naturalized as a citizen of the United States on the 14th of January, 1795. He acquired title to the lands in question in 1806.
*362The plaintiffs have given some evidence tending to show that they are his…
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