SUYDAM v. WILLIAMSON


65 U.S. 427 (____)

24 How. 427

JAMES H. SUYDAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM H. WILLIAMSON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted on printed argument by Mr. Ellingwood for the plaintiff in error, and argued by Mr. David Dudley Field for the defendant.


Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment in the Circuit Court for certain lots of land in the city of New York, by the defendants in error, against the plaintiff in error. The plaintiff in the Circuit Court claimed, under a devise in the will of Mary Clarke, who died in the year 1802, by which she gave to trustees therein named that part of the farm upon which she resided, and...

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