Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Volume 42Gould, Banks & Gould, 1865 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... land in question . J. C. SMITH , J. dissented . THIS HIS was an action of ejectment , brought to recover a strip of land about six inches in width , and seventy- seven feet in length , fronting on Main street , in the village of ...
... land in question . J. C. SMITH , J. dissented . THIS HIS was an action of ejectment , brought to recover a strip of land about six inches in width , and seventy- seven feet in length , fronting on Main street , in the village of ...
Page 65
... land in question . The judgment should therefore be reversed , and a new trial ordered , with costs to abide the event . WELLES , J. concurred . J. C. SMITH , J. dissented . Judgment reversed . [ MONROE GENERAL TERM , March 7 , 1864 ...
... land in question . The judgment should therefore be reversed , and a new trial ordered , with costs to abide the event . WELLES , J. concurred . J. C. SMITH , J. dissented . Judgment reversed . [ MONROE GENERAL TERM , March 7 , 1864 ...
Page 79
... land damages occa- sioned by the laying out of a highway which was never worked or opened for the reason that the proceedings to lay out the road were null and void , and such money has been paid to a commissioner of highways , who has ...
... land damages occa- sioned by the laying out of a highway which was never worked or opened for the reason that the proceedings to lay out the road were null and void , and such money has been paid to a commissioner of highways , who has ...
Page 82
... land of James D. Stiles , Daniel Creal , John Ingersoll and Miles Ingersoll , in said town of Wilton . ( 3. ) That at such meet- ing a majority of said commissioners , to wit , George W. Herrick and Stephen Washburn , decided to lay out ...
... land of James D. Stiles , Daniel Creal , John Ingersoll and Miles Ingersoll , in said town of Wilton . ( 3. ) That at such meet- ing a majority of said commissioners , to wit , George W. Herrick and Stephen Washburn , decided to lay out ...
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... lands of James D. Stiles , Daniel Creal , John and Miles In- gersoll ; also , in addition , the sum of sixty dollars for repairs of bridges . Wilton , November 8 , 1858. " [ Signed by the Commissioners . ] ( 4. ) That the said Wagman ...
... lands of James D. Stiles , Daniel Creal , John and Miles In- gersoll ; also , in addition , the sum of sixty dollars for repairs of bridges . Wilton , November 8 , 1858. " [ Signed by the Commissioners . ] ( 4. ) That the said Wagman ...
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