Case ID: johns-cas_1/html/0266-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Saltonstall against White.
    
    The rules as to proceedings in ejectment, as for a vacant possession in Eng-- and, do not apply to the new or unsettled lands of this country.
    This was an action of ejectment"for lands belonging to ‘f The Holland Company,” in the county of Ontario. The proceedings were as for a .vacant possession.. It appeared .that the company had surveyed the lands, and erected buildings on some part of the tract.
    
      D. A. Ogden (Troup and B. Livingston
    
    on the same side) moved" that William Willinck and three others, commonly called “ The Holland Company,” he put in the place óf the present defendant.
    
      E. Livingston, contra.
    
      
      
         S. C., G. C. 82.
    
   Per Curiam.

The strict principles applicable to proceedings in ejéctment as for a vacant posses|ion in England, cannot, without manifest hardship and inconvenience, be applied to the unsettled lands of this country. Besides, the tract has been surveyed, and buildings have been erected on some part. '

Rule granted.