4 Johns. 140 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1809
delivered the opinion of the court. The lessors of the plaintiff having, on the trial, deduced a title, in Some of them, to lots No. 15 and 16. in a tract of land originally surveyed for Peter Van Brugh Livingston, and others, lying between the Coquaga branch of the Delaware river, and the Susquehannah river, in the town of Walton, in the county of Delaware, it became the sole question on the trial, how these two lots should be located. On the map of partition between the original purchasers, made prior to the issuing of the patents, it appears that lots No. 15 and 16. adjoin each other, and the, patent for lot No. 15. refers to the map on file in the secretary’s office. It is required to begin at a beech tree, marked 14 and 15. running thence south twenty-eight degrees east, 70 chains and 81 links, to a hemlock tree, marked No. 15 and 16. running thence north 62 degrees east, 34 chains and 32 links, to a beech sapling, marked No. 15, 16. 31, 32. then north 28 degrees west, 70 chains and 81 links to a maple tree,, marked 14,15. 30, 31. and then in a direct line to the place of beginning, containing 243 acres. The patent for No. 16. describes the boundaries as follows, beginning at a hemlock tree, marked No. 15 and 16. and running thence south 28 degrees east, 29' chains to the Delaware river; then up along the same 34 chains and 32 links, measured on a course north, 63 degrees east to a beech sapling, marked No. 16. thence north 28 degrees east, 30 chains, to a beech sapling, marked No. 15, 16. 31, 32. and thence on a direct line to the place of beginning, containing 157 acres. 'From the map, and the description of the lots in the patent, the lessors of the plaintiff have made out a title to the premises
New trial granted.