Adams v. Hahne

Samuel S. Tripp, Spec. Ref.

Reference pursuant to an order dated January 20, 1969 made by consent to hear and determine the issues presented in this action (CPLR 4317, subd. [a]).

Late in 1936 or early in 1937 six two-story and basement brick dwellings were erected by a builder on as many contiguous lots on the north side of 52nd Drive between 73rd and 74th Streets, Maspeth, Queens County. The parties to this action purchased two of these dwellings. The evidence is that the deeds of conveyance granted the respective properties by descriptions which divided them by a party wall. The surveys and…