Woodruff v. Paddock
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Delecta H. Woodruff and Alvira N. Woodruff against Sophronia. M. Paddock. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCorlett, J.
In 1826 one Bissell, being the owner of a tract of land, (in what is now the city of Rochester,) laid the same out into a village plot known as “Corn Hill,” and filed a map thereof in the Monroe county clerk’s office. Upon this map were lots 42, 43, 44, and 45. Between 45 and the other lots there was a lane or alley extending from Clay street, now Tremont, north to an open field. In 1856 John Connolly became the owner of lot 45. In March, 1884, the plaintiff became the owner of that lot. John Connolly became the owner of lot 42 in October, 1845, and the defendant, in November, 1888, through…
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