Barrows v. . Webster
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made June 12, 1893, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made June 12, 1893, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The only reasonable construction of the deed consistent with the language used is that the west line of Union street is the east line of plaintiff’s lands, and that plaintiff’s lands run west 125 feet from the west line of Union street. (Rathgaber v. Village of Tonawanda, 37 N. Y. S. R.…
1Per curiam
This is an action of ejectment to recover a strip of land twelve feet wide in the village of Olean. Both parties claim title under the same grantor, .the deed of the plaintiff being prior to that of the defendant. The land conveyed to the plaintiff was a lot on the west side of Hnion street, bounded by the west line thereof, and being 125 feet deep from that line. The land subsequently conveyed to the defendant lies’westerly of and adjoining plaintiff’s lot. The dispute grows out of the uncertainty of the location of the westerly line of Hnion street. The plaintiff claims that that line is…
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