Warren v. Fenn
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action to enforce an equitable lien for the purchase money, upon an equitable interest in lands.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Potter, J.
Warren held an equitable title to 160 acres of land, distinguished as lot 32, in Schroon, Essex county, by the assignment to him of what is called a scrip or surveyor general’s certificate of lands owned by the state, on which he was entitled to a deed from the state, upon payment to the state of $17.00. This certificate he duly assigned to Francis W. Fenn and David S. Hunger, on the 25th of March, 1857, for the consideration of $300; for the payment of which Fenn & Hunger gave him their promissory notes, payable 1st January, 1858. These notes were not paid at…
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