In re the County of Nassau

In this proceeding in eminent domain, the county has vested title to 7.161 acres of land, some of which is marshland.

The county contends that claimants own only 6.72 acres of the land condemned and claimants assert title to 7.247 acres.

The confusion stems from the deed to claimants’ predecessor, a corporation in which claimants were shareholders. The deed to the corporation describes the boundaries by metes and bounds, but qualifies the footage distance with the words ‘plus or minus.” Similarly, the acreage conveyed is “ 6.85 plus or minus ’ ’.

There are no monuments set forth in the…