Legal Opinion

Watson v. City of New York

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1901Published

Action to determine a claim to real property, under sections 1638 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure.

1Opinion of the CourtBlanchard, J.

This is an action brought to determine a claim to real property, under the Code, sections 1638 et seq. The plaintiff claims title in fee to a lot of ground at the corner of Spring place and Third, formerly Fordham avenue, the lot being twenty *702feet in width on the avenue and seventy feet in depth along Spring place. Plaintiff alleges that he is in possession of the property and had been so for more than a year past. The defendant admits this, but denies the plaintiff’s title, and claims the title in fee. The action was tried before me at Trial Term under stipulation that I should direct a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. White's Bank of Buffalo v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  2. Higinbotham v. . StoddardNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. Matter of LadueNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  4. Hall v. . the Whitehall Water Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
  5. In re St. Nicholas TerraceNew York Supreme Court · 1894

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