Hayes v. City of Yonkers

In an action to remove a cloud on title to certain real property purchased at a public auction sale conducted by the City of Yonkers, the city interposed a counterclaim to reform the deed. The appeal is from a judgment entered after trial dismissing the complaint on the merits and awarding the city reformation of the deed delivered by it to appellant so as to exclude from the description of the property conveyed the rear 25 feet of all but two of the lots therein mentioned which abut on the Nepperhan River. Judgment reversed and a hew trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event.…