Graham v. . Stern
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Oourt in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1900, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Oourt in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1900, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. By the deed to McKay; plaintiff’s remote grantor, he became vested with the title to the southerly half of the old street which bounded lot 155 on the north. (Bissell v. N. Y. C. R. R. Co., 23 N. Y. 61; Wallace v. Fee, 50 N. Y. 694; K. C. F. Ins. Co. v. Stevens, 87 N. Y.…
1Opinion of the CourtGbay, J.
The action is in ejectment and the title to a parcel of land is involved, which formerly formed part of an old street in the city of Ifew York, as designated upon a map of the city’s common lands. The title to the “ Common Lands ” was vested in the municipality of the city of Ifew York and, in 1796, they were surveyed and mapped by Goerck. , The land was platted in numbered lots, or blocks, which were divided by streets, having an uniform width of sixty feet. In 1804, one of these lots, known as number 155 on the map, was transferred, or leased in perpetuity, to George McKay by the mayor,…
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