Lessee of Levy v. McCartee
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case came before the court on a certificate of division in opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. In that court the-dessee of the plaintiffs instituted an action of ejectment for the recovery of certain real estate in the city of New York. The jury found the following special verdict.
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THIS case came before the court on a certificate of division in opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. In that court the-dessee of the plaintiffs instituted an action of ejectment for the recovery of certain real estate in the city of New York. The jury found the following special verdict. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further find, that, at the time of the commencement of this suit, to wit, on the 22d day of April in the year 1828, the said, defendant, Peter M’Cartée, was in the possession of the lands…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stoev
This case comes before the court upon a certificate of division of opinion of the jqdges of the circuit court for the southern district of New York, in a case stated in a special verdict.
Philip Jacobs, an American citizen, died in .1818 seised of certain real estate in the state of New York, having made his last will and testament; but the land in controversy in the present suit (which is -an ejectment) is supposed by the plaintiff to he intestate estate., Two of the lessors of the plaintiffs, Bella Cohen and Rhina Mordecai are citizens of South Carolina, and claim to he the heirs át law…
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