In re Nassau County Relative to Acquiring Title to Brook

On July 2, 1948, Mary, Samuel and Fletcher Lansing owned a parcel of real property in the village of Hempstead and contracted on that date in writing to' sell it to the Wilmore Realty Corp. for $72,000. On the westerly side of the tract there was a twenty-foot wide right of way, eight feet of which was owned by the Lansings or vendors and twelve feet apparently was part of an abutting tract. The contract, inter alia, contained a provision that the property sold was subject to the acquisition by the County of Nassau of the eight-foot strip along the westerly side of the property. On October…