Barker v. Jackson
U.S. Circuit Court for New York
Error to the district court of the northern district of New York. At law. This was an action of ejectment brought [by Henry and others against Joseph Barker] to recover the possession of a part of lot number twelve, in the township of Hector. The premises were originally granted by the state as military bounty lands.
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Error to the district court of the northern district of New York. At law. This was an action of ejectment brought [by Henry and others against Joseph Barker] to recover the possession of a part of lot number twelve, in the township of Hector. The premises were originally granted by the state as military bounty lands. At the trial in the court below, the jury found a special verdict, containing the following facts: On the 8th of July,' 1790, a patent of said lot was granted by the state to John Folliard. a soldier, who conveyed the same to Abraham Nelson, a native of Ireland, who came to the…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Justice.
This case comes up on a writ of error to the district court for the northern district of this state. The judgment of the court below was given upon a special verdict found by a jury. By which finding and the judgment of the court thereupon, as appearing in the record, the only question presented to this court is, whether the act of the legislature of the state of New-York, entitled “An act to settle disputes concerning the titles to lands in the county of Onondaga,” passed 24th March, 1797, (1 Rev. Laws, 213,) and the acts and doings of the commissioners under that…
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- Jackson v. GriswoldNew York Supreme Court · 1809
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