Huber v. Gorg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Anna Gorg and another, from a judgment of the County Court of Queens county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 10th day of January, 1917, upon the decision of the court, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
A parcel of land abuts the west side of Flushing avenue for the distance of two hundred and ten feet from Prospect avenue. The defendant Gorg agreed to convey it to the assignor of the plaintiff, who questions the title to a strip varying from some fourteen to sixteen feet wide and forming the frontage of the lots. The street, formerly known as Bushville road or Flushing avenue, runs northerly from the Jamaica and Hempstead turnpike, and for the purpose of straightening it was'Shifted in 1893 so that its westerly line was carried so far easterly as to leave unused for road purposes…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. ArmstrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Vail v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Pooler v. SammetAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Glover v. Town of UnionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992