Document: Order in the suit of Richard Smith vs. the town of Huntington

17th January.The Governor-General and Council of New Netherland having read and considered the petition of Richard Smith requesting, in substance, a rehearing in his suit against the inhabitants of the Town of Huntington touching some lands in dispute between them, which was granted him by the last Court of Assize in the time of the English government but was hitherto prevented by the reduction of the country.Ordered:Before final disposition be made herein, the Petitioner shall prove that the said Court of Assize hath, as he states, granted him a rehearing.