Bridges v. . Wyckoff
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department reversing a judgment for the plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury, and granting a new trial. This was an action of trespass. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The land in question never was a highway. (Powers v. Suff. Mfg.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department reversing a judgment for the plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury, and granting a new trial. This was an action of trespass. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The land in question never was a highway. (Powers v. Suff. Mfg. Co., 4 Cush., 332; Hobbs v. Lowell, 19 Pick., 405; City of Oswego v. Oswego Canal Co., 6 N. Y., 267; Childs v. Chappel, 9 id., 258; Holdane v. Trustees, etc., 21 id., 478; Clements v. Vil. of West Troy, 16 Barb., 251; Trustees, etc.,…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
It appears that prior to 1836 the owner of land which included the premises in question, laid his land out into lots with streets, one of which is called Locust street. These lots and the streets were designated on a map filed in the county clerk’s office. Subsequently lots were sold bounding them upon this street to various persons. Several of the lots were conveyed to Joseph F. Bridges in 1836, some of them lying on Locust street. The deed to him, after describing the lots and bounding then upon the side of the street, contained the following clause: “ together with all the right, title and…
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