Knabe v. Levelle
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Action by Diederick Knabe and others against Alexander Levelle to restrain defendant from excavating under an alleyway, and for damages. Judgment for plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
Alexander L. Stewart, in the year 1816, was the owner in fee of a large piece of ground, which he caused to be cut *819up into lots, and laid out on a map, and on it he appropriated nine feet of the land as an intended alleyway between the lot which has since been acquired by the plaintiffs and the one purchased by the defendant. The alley, after leaving the rear end of the front lots, runs in diverse directions,—one northeasterly, and the other northwesterly,—for the benefit of all who became abutting owners along any portion of the alley. The entrance to the alley was on Desbrosses street,…
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