Smith v. Stacey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George L. Smith, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Herkimer on the 13th day of Febru ary, 1901, upon the report of a referee dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
This action involves a small gore of land claimed by both parties, who are owners of contiguous lots in the city of Little Falls. Botli lots were in a plat of land which is bounded on the north by Bur-Well street, on .the east by Waverly place, on the south by Garden street and on the west by Salisbury street. In 1841 John Ward, who then owned this entire tract, conveyed it to Solomon Petrie and three others, and in 1845 the title of the whole tract was vested in Petrie, who may, therefore, be deemed the common source of title of the respective parties to this action. By deed of…
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