Belotti v. . Bickhardt
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered October 24, 1917, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term decreeing that the plaintiff was the sole owner in fee entitled to the possession of certain real property; that the defendant Bickhardt was wrongfully in possession of that portion of the property which encroached by a building upon…
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered October 24, 1917, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term decreeing that the plaintiff was the sole owner in fee entitled to the possession of certain real property; that the defendant Bickhardt was wrongfully in possession of that portion of the property which encroached by a building upon plaintiff’s land; that defendant Bickhardt and all persons claiming under or through him had no right or title in the plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtElkus, J.
The plaintiff’s mother, Maria G. Belotti, in 1897, and the defendant Bickhardt’s predecessor in interest, Gustave Riedel, in 1892, purchased adjoining parcels of land now in the.borough of The Bronx, New York city, and then on Berrian avenue, and now by the opening of Webster avenue located on the latter avenue. The plaintiff’s property was a lot known as “ K ” on a map made by Josiah A. Briggs, dated May 5, 1889, and the defendant’s property was known as lots “ H,” “ I ” and “ J ” on the same map. Lot “ J ” immediately adjoined lot “ K.” About 1892 the then owner of defendant Bickhardt’s…
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