New York Supreme Court January 15, 1832 (Etheridge v. Cromwell)

By the Court, Sutherland, J.

In Hassenfrats, quitam, v. Kelly, 13 Johns. R. 466, it was held that a person who sells and conveys land without the knowledge that there is a subsisting adverse possession, is not liable to the penalty for selling a pretended title, under the 8th section of the act to prevent champerty and maintenance. 1 R. L. 173, § 8.