Trustees of the Church & Society v. Johnson
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL, by the defendant, from a judgment entered upon a trial at the circuit, before a justice of this court without a jury, a jury having been waived. The action was brought to recover the possession of an undivided half of certain premises, situate in the town of Greig, Lewis county.
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APPEAL, by the defendant, from a judgment entered upon a trial at the circuit, before a justice of this court without a jury, a jury having been waived. The action was brought to recover the possession of an undivided half of certain premises, situate in the town of Greig, Lewis county. The judge before whom the action was tried, found the following facts: 1. That April 8, 1847, Lyman R. Lyon acquired title to one-half of lot No. 91, Brantingham tract, Greig, Lewis county, New York, of which the premises described in the complaint are part. 2. That March 10, 1854, Francis Seger deeded the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Mullin, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover possession of certain premises in the town of Greig, in the county of Lewis, on which they had erected a church edifice, and which they had occupied for a time; but for what length of time does not distinctly appear. The defendant, claiming to own the whole lot on which the church stood, entered and occupied it, and, as the plaintiffs claim, excluded them therefrom. The cause was tried before the court without a jury, and judgment was ordered in favor of the plaintiffs for one undivided half of the premises, and for…
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