Singer v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Sarah J. Singer, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendants rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
There is no dispute as to the facts. The plaintiff was the owner of four lots of land, bounded on the east by Church street and on the south by Weber’s lane, in the city of New York. Weber’s lane had been laid out by the former owner of the land on the division of the premises into lots and., streets in 1847. As laid out it was thirty-three feet wide and crossed Church street, and it had been fenced on each side and used as thus located. In 1877 the department of parks caused to- be filed in the proper office a map upon which there was indicated along Weber’s lane a new street…
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- Matter of RhinelanderNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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