New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-11
SPECULATION IN LAND TITLES.

| VACCINATIONS OF THIS SORT RECEIVE QUIETUS
IN JERSEY CITY.
lFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRTBrsEi
JERSEY CITi, Feb. S.--Truth, it has been
observed, Is stranger than fiction; and Tittlebat Tit
eases, In this land which knows not entails
and prDogentures, not altogether unknown IL is
| not uncommon to find whole communities OF Iandhoders
suddenly exposed TO dispcssession and tormented by
wrts of cieetmeni. Kingsbridge and Manhattanville
citizens 10 the number OF about 200 to-day bothered
by parties styling themselves the Molenaor Heirs"
VINO paste pacards upon different houses intmating
that the property For Sale" II is hardly worth
| while here to 20 into technical particulars. The
important fact to the general public is that
man may for nineteen years occupy an
estate or his heirs assigns may occupy II IN his
place. with of adverse possession the part OF
anybody and 1t may then just possibly out that his
title is good for notng and that his domcie. his vino
and his fgree his bctermcnts privileges and appurte
nances belong neither to him 10 his legal represen
tatives. Meanwhile, Manhatanyie grds itself for the
battle. prepares TO plead the law OF limitations and
whereas eminent jurist Mr. Charles OCono is re
cd 10 be owner in possession OF large tract OF the
disputed territory 1t is probable that the Molenaor
Heirs will not be permitted to walk over the legal
course, or win by default OF the defendants
Since the days Of Sir Giles Overreach the snapperup OF
dubious land titles and spectators in flaws have not
been profoundly respected by the public. In Jersey
City, the Vaccinations Of person OF this sort have
lusi received their equitable quetus-the promoter OF
litigation. slssen having died two or three years
ago la $40 Peters sold tract or lana III Jersey
City TO Joseph HARRISON who divided IL into lots when
were transferred to different persons These grantees
built upon the ground, and the property
became valuable. oIssen. examining the records,
found that of the deed for Peters TO Harrson
20 be deficient words and 10 his heirs ana as
signs" In every other respect, II was deed OF war
rsnty. with the usual covenants No doubt the words
heirs gns IN the original deed. ana were
accidentally omitted by the copyst WHO made the record
Following general rule the deed therefore, conveyed
IN li.Ou OIL &c
ment appears be lost. The active sissen theteupon
looked M only surviving ner 0f Peters, ana palu Ter
~ zoe for II quit-caiD He then, to escape
the personal odum OF tho transaction, mace hlS
figure head pnint1 and began his sul:s OF ejectmet
He tried case DcUre Judge Bedlc III leI2, ana ubder
stress OF IA strong ruling lost II. This ruling the supreme
Court reversed, aud new trai was ordered Icahhhic
all Inc defendants resolves upon most Jlcl0is course
They went to the Court OF Chancery, and asked Tor
correction OF the record. This Chancellor EnyOn mas
orlered aud thus the Sissen claim upon the Jersey cy
property Is fipay disposed or The record now contains
the Il INHERITANCE, ana iiitufe Sissens VIII III" no
neg there To Ians long ligatIOns upon. ~
Whatever s3tirists may OF II, most men peIcVe
thar the law means substantial justice III IL sometimes
works hardship it Is that other hardshIps may DC
ic,.ly disturb ttes has adopted certain principles
tie purpose which - To con1rn thed, ana 10 prevent
Irrigation This Is the object OF the law OF LIMITATIONS
Al e same time il has been established Dy the expert
uce OF mankind that real property should pass aceOr
inc 10 fixed l0rnatcs and that the different estates IN
il should well defined and always deIeDdeu Dy VIC
courts when they valid The ADVANTAGE OF RUE Oh
Suu:el possession is to be IN the Manhattan
VILE case The admirable worblng OF equity Jufisuc-
non il, 10 be seen iD Jersey City IAe speea-
ter VINO seeks avail himself OF technlFallucs oct
finds himself hoistei by his peard ana discovers
that Tie law is not technical for nothing.