Legal Opinion

Baron v. . Korn

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 2, 1891PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from order of'the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the first judicial department, made January 28,1889,. which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

This is a suit in equity brought to restrain the defendant from erecting a portion of a building on lands to which plaintiffs asserted title; to compel the removal of so much of the foundation wall, as had been constructed at the time of the commencement of the action; to cause the land to be restored to its former condition; and for damages occasioned by the action of the defendant.

The defendant challenged plaintiffs’ assertion of title, and alleged title in himself.

The locus in quo is a narrow strip of land nine inches in front on Bleeclcer street, by seventy-five feet deep, and constituted…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Corning v. . Troy Iron and Nail FactoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
  2. Grandin v. Le Roy & SmythNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
  3. Wheelock v. . NoonanNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  4. Cox v. . JamesNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  5. Creely v. Bay State Brick Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Bloomquist v. . FarsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. Farrell v. Forest Investment Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1917
  3. Ephraim Creek C. & C. Co. v. BraggWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Hirschberg v. FlusserNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1917
  5. Goldbacher v. EggersNew York Supreme Court · 1902

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