Blauvelt v. Passaic Water Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
By consent of counsel these two cases were tried together. Heard on bills, answers, replications and proofs in open court. These are bills to quiet title, aud the sole answering defendant is the Central Trust Company of New York. The complainants each claim to own the lands in dispute by virtue of a deed made by the Passaic Water Company to William H. Blauvelt on the 21st of May, 1873. Each of the complainants traces his title back to said William H. Blauvelt.
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By consent of counsel these two cases were tried together. Heard on bills, answers, replications and proofs in open court. These are bills to quiet title, aud the sole answering defendant is the Central Trust Company of New York. The complainants each claim to own the lands in dispute by virtue of a deed made by the Passaic Water Company to William H. Blauvelt on the 21st of May, 1873. Each of the complainants traces his title back to said William H. Blauvelt. The deed in question, from the Passaic Water Company to William H. Blauvelt; dated May 21st, 1873, proved September 11th, 1874, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Garrison, V. C.
The sole question in this case, as I conceive it, is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the parties as expressed in the *353deed from the Passaic Water Company to William H. Blauvelt. To ascertain this intention it is first necessary to understand the situation at the time that the deed was made. At that time, fronting on a street then called Water street, and which previously had been called Totowa avenue and Totowa road, Blauvelt had land upon one side and directly opposite, the Passaic Water Company had land upon the other.
At the time of the drawing of the deed a…
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