Case Name: George Ralston, Respondent, v. Carman R. Lush, Appellant, and Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-11
Citations: 181 A.D. 894
Docket Number: 
Parties: George Ralston, Respondent, v. Carman R. Lush, Appellant, and Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 181
Pages: 894–894

Head Matter:
George Ralston, Respondent, v. Carman R. Lush, Appellant, and Others, Defendants.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and new trial granted, costs to abide the final award of costs. The situation between the brothers made admissible declarations of Morris Jackson to the witness Lawrence. While incompetent to prove a grant, such declarations of a prior owner are received to explain seizin, or to qualify possession, especially as between persons in joint or contiguous occupancy. (Van Dyck v. Van Beuren, 1 Johns. 345; Jackson v. Bard, 4 id. 230; Pitts v. Wilder, 1 N. Y. 525, 527; Chadwick v. Fonner, 69 id. 404.) Therefore the exception to the court's ruling at folio 88 of the record was well taken. Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Mills, Rich and Putnam, JJ., concurred.