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1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 439

Murray v. Graham

Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · decided 1799-07-01

The bill in this case was filed by the complainant to be relieved from an assessment upon his property for the expense of opening Twelfth Street in the city of New York. The defendant Graham was formerly the owner of the lots, and in the deeds conveying them to the complainant Murray, reference was made to that street, not yet opened, and the lots described in the deeds as fronting on it.

Relies on Hewlett v. Pearsall

Decided 1799-07-01

¶1The Chancellor accordingly reversed the Vice Chancellor’s decree, and ordered the bill to be dismissed but without costs as to C. M. Graham, saying, as he has possession of a large sum of complainant’s which he is permitted to retain on technical grounds merely, I shall not charge the complainant with costs in favor of the appellant or his trustee.” The costs of the corporation were allowed only, as upon allowance of a demurrer to the bill and no more.

¶2This case was taken by appeal, on the part of Murray, to the Court of Errors, and the report of it there, is a mere note in 22 Wend. 559.

¶3The reporter says; This case will be found 6 Paige, 622. Murray appealed from the decree of the Chancellor reversing the decree of the Vice Chancellor of the first circuit, and this court reversed the decree of the Chancellor, and modified that made by the Vice Chancellor. Senator Maynard delivered an opinion for reversal; neither of the judges of thé Supreme Court delivered an opinion or voted upon the decision of the case. The vote stood, for reversal 10, for affirmance 7.

¶4We have no further report of or information in regard to the grounds of reversal maintained by Senator Maynard, nor of the modifications made by the Court of Errors in the decree of the Vice Chancellor.

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