Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature, and in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, in the State of New York, 1864, Vol. 16 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature, and in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, in the State of New York, 1864, Vol. 16 The Chief Justice ruled, that the words in the grant, giving the grantee the right of cutting timber for building or firewood, did not extend to give him a right of cutting timber for build ing fencer on the premises whereupon, the defendant's coun sel offered to prove, that the defendant and his ancestors, own ing and ...
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Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature, and in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, in the State of New York, 1864, Vol. 16 The Chief Justice ruled, that the words in the grant, giving the grantee the right of cutting timber for building or firewood, did not extend to give him a right of cutting timber for build ing fencer on the premises whereupon, the defendant's coun sel offered to prove, that the defendant and his ancestors, own ing and occupying the farm formerly occupied by J. Vosburgh, had with the knowledge of the grantor, and of his heirs and devisees, and without molestation, exercised the right of cutting and carrying away from the commons, in the manor of Living sr m, timber for building and supporting the fences, on the premises conveyed, for as long time back as the memory of man can reach. The evidence was objected to, and was over ruled by the Chief Justice, who held, that it was inadmissible, either as explanatory of the intention of the parties to the origi nal deed, and their representatives, or as establishing a pre scriptive right, or in any way supporting the defence set up by 17 l the defendant; to which opinion the defendant's counsel ex cepted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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