Grinnell v. Kirtland

In the year 1851, Mrs. Lucy Audubon was seized and possessed of certain lands in the city of New York, known as “Audubon Park,” lying between the streets and avenues designated' on the map or plan .of said city previously made, as One Hundred and Fifty-fifth and One Hundred and Fifty-seventh streets, and Eleventh and Twelfth avenues. On said map ■ a strip of land sixty feet in width was laid as One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street. In the *18year last mentioned Mrs. Audubon sold the land fronting on One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street to different parties, making the center of One Hundred and…