Reife v. Osmers
New York Court of Appeals
(Brownell v. Board of Education, 239 N. Y. 369; Van Etten v. City of New York, 226 N. Y. 483.)
1Opinion of the CourtO’Bbien, J.
Defendant owned real property in Queens' county fronting sixty feet on Jamaica avenue and extending back one hundred feet. Plaintiff contracted to buy it. Between the dates of the contract and of the closing of title, a strip three and a quarter feet deep running along Jamaica avenue vested in the city of New York in a condemnation proceeding to widen that street. On the. closing day .plaintiff rejected title because part had vested in the city. This action is brought to recover the amount of the deposit and expenses and to declare such charges a hen on the land. On defendant’s motion for a…
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