Legal Opinion

Hinkley v. Crouse

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 3, 1891PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made April 30, 1889, wliicji affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court.

1Opinion of the Court

The following is the opinion in full:

“ This is an action of ejectment to recover the possession of a strip of land one and one-half feet wide by thirty feet long situate in the city of Syracuse. The parties own adjoining lots, and the controversy is over a boundary line. The disputed strip of land was covered by the description contained in the deeds held by both parties, but it is undisputed'that the older and better title was' in the plaintiffs who commenced this action, and that their title was good, unless the defendants could stand upon some one of the defenses which will now be very…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Baldwin v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1857

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lehman v. SmithSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Carstensen v. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Whan v. SteingotterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  4. Buchanan v. AshdownNew York Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Clark v. DavisThe Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1892

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