Partenfelder v. . People
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 3,1913, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff’s testator entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and directing a dismissal of the complaint in an action brought under the provisions of article 12 of the Real Property Law to register in the name of Adam Partenfelder, the original plaintiff, now deceased, title in fee simple to…
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 3,1913, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff’s testator entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and directing a dismissal of the complaint in an action brought under the provisions of article 12 of the Real Property Law to register in the name of Adam Partenfelder, the original plaintiff, now deceased, title in fee simple to the real property described in the complaint. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The judgment of…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The intention of the Title Registration Act (Real Property Law, article 12, sections 370 to 435 inclusive, as amended by chapter 627, Laws of 1910) is to provide a new system of land registration whereby persons can ascertain by an inspection of the register, in whom the title to a particular piece of property is vested. We repeat the words of one of the men prominently engaged in the preparation of the act and in urging its passage in this state, viz.: “ The object and purpose of the law are to register good titles, not to cure bad ones.” In registering titles under the act it is necessary…
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