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[Document, 1770 n.d.]

1. [Document, 1770 n.d.]

Name: Griffin, Ezekiel (Author) Verplanck, Philip (Addressee)
Date: 1770 n.d.
Summary: In Jay's hand. Precedents for admitting Indian deed without seal, for admitting a long letter patent by a witness who had read it, construction of ancient deeds. Referred to in document 8188.
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2. [Document, 1770 n.d.]

Name: Griffin, Ezekiel (Author) Verplanck, Philip (Addressee)
Date: 1770 n.d.
Summary: New York Supreme Court case of John Doe ex dem Philip Verplanck, et al., v. Ezekiel Griffin. "Notes for summing up" in Jay's hand. Case involves land situated in region of Bedford, New York. Argument for the defendant-adverse possession for an extende...
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Name: Griffin, Ezekiel (Author) Verplanck, Philip (Addressee)
Date: 1770 n.d.
Summary: Argument for the defendant in the case of John Doe ex dem Philip Verplanck, et al., v. Ezekiel Griffin. In Jay's hand. A detailed exposition of the defendant's position. Parallels the notes for summing up contained in document 8188, .
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Name: Verplanck, Philip (Author) Griffin, Ezekiel (Addressee)
Date: 1770 n.d.
Summary: A summary of the pleadings and a prayer for judgment in favor of the plaintiff. A copy in Jay's hand of the pleadings filed by William Livingston, attorney for the plaintiff.
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5. [Document, 1770 n.d.]

Name: Verplanck, Philip (Author) Griffin, Ezekiel (Addressee)
Date: 1770 n.d.
Summary: Minutes of the special verdict in this case, ca. 1770. This is a copy of the verdict in Jay's hand, with marginal comments concerning his objections to its form Jurors find adverse possession by defendant for upwards of sixty years, that the lands in ...
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