109 N.Y.S. 310 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1908
This partition action is by the heirs of Abraham Wanser. The land was conveyed to him in 1865 by the heirs of Francis Oliver who was never married, and died intestate seized thereof, as is conceded. It is also conceded that the said grantee Abraham Wanser x and his heirs have had adverse possession of the land ever since the said conveyance to him, and under it, i. e., for over 42 years. The only possible defect- in. the title suggested to us on the argument
This case therefore comes down to the very remote and improbable case of there being some heir of Francis Oliver who did not unite in the conveyance to Abraham Wanser, who was a lunatic when Wanser entered, and who is still alive, for the time limited is suspended during the period of disability (Code Oiv. Pro. sec. SYS). There is no reason to believe that there was such an insane heir — if indeed there is any to believe that all of the heirs did not convey. The presumption is of sanity, and there is nothing to throw doubt upon it. The mere possibility to the contrary is not enough to make the title unmarketable.
The order should be affirmed.
Woodward, Jenks, Rich and Miller, JJ., concurred.
Order affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.