Mechler v. Dehn

A dispute as to the location of the boundary line between plaintiffs’ and defendants’ properties in this ejectment action arises from the fact that the former owner of the entire tract thought there was a greater frontage in the block than in fact there was. In 1881 a party named Morton, owning a tract of land at Middle Village, Queens county, caused a map to be made plotting it into lots. Ten years later this map was filed in the clerk’s office. The map shows some 500 lots or more. From it it is evident that it was the intention to, wherever possible, create lots regular in shape with a…