People ex rel. Standard Gas Light Co. v. Cantor

Relator’s case rests upon the single proposition that at the time of the assessments the lots in question were subject *184to an easement appurtenant to lot 28. I am of the opinion that there was no such easement when the assessments were made. It is undisputed that an easement was created by the conveyances of the master in chancery and. the mesne conveyances through which, title to lot 28 was finally vested in Johnson. In all those conveyances the Nicholson map was referred to and Avenue A, shown on that map, was given as the easterly boundary of the lands granted. Hence Johnson took title to…