New York Supreme Court October 15, 1835 (Machin v. Geortner)

By the Court,

Sutherland, J.

The plaintiff in error contends that the plaintiff below failed, 1. To show himself in the actual possession of the locus in quo; and as he exhibited no paper title, he. was not entitled to recover; and 2. That the court erred in rejecting the evidence which he offered in mitigation of damages.