Rowe v. Bowen

*642The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The controversy presented on this appeal involves the ownership and right to the possession of a strip of land adjoining lot 128 in ward 7 of the city of Manhattan.

Prior to December 18, 1912, Inez Fay Rowe owned the lot and upon that date she executed a deed purporting to convey it to Emma H. Bowen. About a month before the execution of the deed the city had vacated the street on which the lot adjoined and the strip in controversy is one-half of the vacated street adj acent to the lot conveyed. It was alleged in plaintiff's amended…