Case Name: Isaac B. Miller, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Downing, Appellant
Court: New York Commission of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1873-03
Citations: 54 N.Y. 631
Docket Number: 
Parties: Isaac B. Miller, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Downing, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 631–631

Head Matter:
Isaac B. Miller, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Downing, Appellant.
(Argued January 26, 1873;
decided March term, 1873.)
This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of a piece of land in East Hampton, Suffolk county. Defendant had been in possession several years; prior to that it had been a common. Defendant claimed under a deed from John Merry to defendant’s ancestor, given in 1737. Plaintiff claimed under a deed from Gardiner Miller, given 1833. There was no evidence that said grantor ever had possession. Plaintiff’s claim of possession rested upon the fact that he was accustomed to have a wood pile on the vacant lot for some thirty years, and had buried potatoes upon it for six years. No evidence was given of a claim of title by him until this suit was brought. Held, that plaintiff failed to make out a title, and had acquired none by adverse possession, and was not entitled to recover.
George Miller for the appellant.
J. la/wrence Smith for the respondent.

Opinion:
Reynolds, C.
reads for reversal.
All concur; Lott, Ch. C., not sitting.
Judgment reversed.