JACKSON v. LAMPHIRE


28 U.S. 280 (____)

3 Pet. 280

JAMES JACKSON, ON THE DEMISE OF HARMAN V. HART, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. ELIAS LAMPHIRE, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr Storrs, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr Hoffman, for the defendant in error.


Mr Justice BALDWIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Both parties claim the premises in question, under John Cornelius, to whom the state of New York granted them by patent, dated the 7th of July 1790, in consideration of his military services in the revolutionary war.

Six years before the date of the patent, and while the title of Cornelius was imperfect, he conveyed the premises to Henry Hart, the father of the...

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