In re City of New York

The concluding clause in the description contained in the deed of July 17, 1843, which referred to the intent to convey the property described in the deed of July 12, 1843, was effectual to avoid the effect of the inadvertent failure to refer by number to “ lot 36,” referred to by number in the earlier deed, and, therefore, the conveyance of July 17, 1843, from John L. Norton to Samuel R. B. Norton vested lot 36 in Samuel R. B. Norton, the predecessor in title of the Cornaga Avenue Holding Corporation, '"and divested John L. Norton of the title to said lot 36, through which John L. Norton,…