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5 U.S. 268

Croxall v. Shererd

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 15, 1866

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1866-12-15

This was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Robert .Morris Croxall, the plaintiff ill error, in September, 1863, — the year is important, — brought ejectment in that court to recover certain premises in New Jersey.

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Decided 1866-12-15

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Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently May 2021

3 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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Mr. Justice MILLER.

¶1I concur in the judgment of the court, and in its opinion as to the-first ground on which the judgment is based.

¶2In that part of the opinion which declares the statute of limitation to be a good defence, I cannot concur. The facts conceded by both parties show, that until the death of Thomas Croxall, in 1861, the defendants and those under whom they claimed, had a lawful possession ; and were at no time liable to an action to disturb that possession until that event; and I do not believe that the statute of limitations of New Jersey, or of any other country, or any rule of prescription, was ever intended to create a bar in favor of parties in possession, who were not liable to be sued in regard to that possession.

¶3■ It was unnecessary to decide this proposition, as the court were unanimous in the opinion that defendants had a good title, in fee simple, which needed no statute of limitation to protect it.

¶4Judgment aeeirmed.

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