Mills v. City of New York

On this appeal the issue is whether grantors of lots who sold them with frontage rights and easements over adjacent streets for which the grantors received full value should be held equitably estopped from now asserting that such rights had been extinguished before the conveyances were made.

Plaintiffs sue for an injunction restraining defendants Sound Realty Company and Isaac Lefkowitz, ultimate grantors, Bach-man and others, intermediate grantors, and the City of New York, from proceeding with and obtaining assessments of damages in a street closing proceeding. The City joins with plaintiffs…