History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 72 (part 2)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Pell set up the plea that the so-called Cornell's Neck was comprehended within the tract that he had bought from the Indians in 1054; that the governor and council of Connecticut had taken " notice of this land to be under their government," and had licensed him to purchase it; and that any prior Dutch grant ought to be voided, since " where there is no right there can be no dominion, so no patent could be granted by the Dutch, they having no right." On the other hand, the plaintiffs alleged " ye articles of surrender, and the King's instructions, where-in any grant or conveyance from the Dutch is, confirmed." The jury promptly returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, with sixpence damages; and it was ordered "that the high sheriff or the under-sheriff of ye North Biding of Yorkshire upon Long Island do put