Legal Opinion
Bardes v. Herman
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1909PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Action for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land.
1Opinion of the CourtBlackmar, J.
This is an action for specific performance brought by the vendor against the vendee under a contract for the sale of land on Staten Island. The only question litigated was whether the plaintiff’s title was marketable. The plaintiff proved a chain of title from the ¡¡Norwood patent of 1676, hut the defendant objected that the ¡¡Norwood patent did not convey the tideway or foreshore; that a part of such tideway was included in the property in question, or at least not excluded by plaintiff’s proof, and that, therefore, the title was not marketable.
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- Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty of Brookhaven v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- People v. New York & Staten Island Ferry Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Williams v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y. v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
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- Somerville v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1915