Mitchell v. Einstein
New York Supreme Court
Action to determine claims to real property under Code Civ. Pro., § 1638, or in equity to remove a cloud on title.
1Opinion of the CourtLeventeitt, J.
This action involves the title to the westerly half of the bed of the old Bloomingdale road between Ninety-sixth and Ninety-seventh streets. It is conceded that the record title is in the defendants, but it is claimed that facts and circumstances outside the record, and primarily an unrecorded deed, produced from the comptroller’s office, establish the invalidity of the defendants’ title and the foundation of the plaintiff’s claim.
The complaint can be construed in the alternative as setting up the Code action to determine claims to real property (§ 1638) or the classic equity suit to remove a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Bissell v. . the New York Central R.R. CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- White's Bank of Buffalo v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Fearing v. . IrwinNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Haberman v. . BakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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3Cited by3 opinions
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