Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Williams
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1893PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Case submitted on agreed statement. Controversy between Henry W. Johnson and Edward G. Williams, submitted on an agreed statement under Code Civil Proc. § 1279, to ascertain -whether plaintiff’s title to certain premises, which he had contracted to convey to defendant, is or is not defective.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The facts show that the plaintiff and defendant made a contract, the former to sell and the latter to buy, certain premises in what is commonly called the “Annexed District of New York City.” The contract called for a proper deed conveying the fee simple of said premises. The correct description of the property intended to be conveyed is contained in the deed delivered to the plaintiff on the 1st day of October, 1872, as follows:
“All that other piece or parcel oí land lying and being in the town of West Farms, in the county of Westchester, and state of New York, bounded and described as…
2Cited by2 opinions
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