The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-03
Our Albany Correspondence.
ALBANY March Il 1910


Conn'"s'o~ers On Pyuet"e and Pen tugs IL j.
Re~t'sm-R'piy Of the Attorney G:ne,ai IA the
Van Rensselaer, SUIT.
The House bill continuing the Comm,s ne "a
on Practice and Plesdings. IN Office until Apnl
1850, VS. defeated In the Senate to-day, BY the
following ~pte|
YrAs-Messrs B'>tts. Fox, Frost G-ddss, s. n P
Hall W. Hall Hs~'%y, Smith ransiin, wa.nsn
NAys-Me,ms. Bond. b-ownsou. Clark CONN. co,s.
Colt, Cook Cornwel, Fuller; johnson, Martin. -ross
The history of this bill is rather curious; it
pssse the Senate several weeks siuce, and was
cent 10 The House for concurrence; they amended
the bill ny continuing the Comm oners in office
two weeks. and passed It; the Senate concurrrd
Recently the House took up the bill a. originally
passed by the Senate continuing the COmmis
sioDers IN Office until ls5O-and passed It, The
Senate, however, dtfrated the bill bv the above
first Of April, (to-morrow) An old member OF the
bar remarked, that It was highly appropriate that
they should go out on All FOOLS day.
The snit brought by the State to recover pnsses.
sion OF the Van Ren-srlear estate IS progressing,
and has been noticed tor arenment on the first
Monday IN April next, at Troy. recently pub
lisheJ In the Herald, the answer made nv the
counsel for the defendant q c. Sp-nceD to the
complaint OF the Attorney G-neral, made IN
commencing the suit on behalf at the people. [
now send you the reply o. the Attorney General TO
the answer OF the defendants counsel Ii is rs toll
lows,
SUPREME COURT
TIE People Of the State If Nep York aganst William
r. Fan R.nsse'otr Charles b Lowing. Il Whit. aud
Others The esid plaintiffs 10 r-p. TO the said
Of the sad dsfe pdsns in this action say that GOOD
right and title to- and the said land. and
and nlrs described Ia the said Dom OF the
said plaintiffs aud referred t. Ia the
plSnns In right Of their sovsreigntv and ami aiou
over the territory Of tho state New York success
then late colony Of York on the 10th dsv Of JsIv
A. D. 1873 At tho time Of the American Rsvoiution
and bath ever since until within forty years. and to
the present ume continually accrued. and exists.
And further that although neither the said iuts
nor those under whom they claim have rsc.i v.d ths
rents and pronts Of the raid laads aud ore
miees within the spscs OF forty they have
prevents from reoeviuv such rents and prodts solely
by the wropeful and fraudulent receipt Of tho same
claim, without any right tite or,vsd color Of tiss
10 the eams in the raid defendants.
l. JORDAN, Attorney General.
City and County Of Albany S. Ambrose l. Jordan,
Attorney General Il the state Of New York ana act
ing for the plaintiffs In tho above sut.d action b-iar
duly sworn ssys that the several matters forth In
the foregoing reply constitute he believes tn. true
grounds upon which the pevera matters set forth In
deends nts answer, and herein above ref.rrsd Co.
are to be OSntroverted, rsbuttsd, and avoided
Sworn before me, SO p. w. Wills. Con OF D.sds
This answer was served upon the defendants
counsel without proper verIfeattOn, whereupon
they trans emitted the following note to the AttOr.
ney General
SUPREME COURT.
The People Of the SAFE Of N:w York against TVm
r. Pan Rensseiaey, Chas. Lansinx, .1ndrew White.
jus .dd0ms and Others -SIR: | oaouet rec.ivs tho
PAPER you have left at my ofhs. purp rtiug to b.
reply to the answer Of tho def nda tho above
osu.e beeans. It 10 net verified as required ny tns
Cede Of Practice and Pleadipgs. (Cods. SEQ 1857 I
mahs NO objection to reo-viDg the ground OF its
not being in time: and atm willing t. r.oive reply,
properly verified, at any time befors r. this dav
but not after that time. W. w. FRO rHINGHAN,
Attofn ey for DsfA.
To A. L. JORDAN.
1t is supposed the Legislature will pass a bill to
lease the Attorney General from the difficulty In
which he has become Involve they will have
eher to pass az rr post ncto law or the State At
tOfney must commence the SUIT anew.