Salter v. Jonas
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In error to tlie Supreme Court. This was an action of ejectment for a small strip of land, being one-half of what had been a public street, in front of a lot of land which the plaintiff liad conveyed to a certain person, and which lot had come, by divers nresne conveyances, to the defendants.
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In error to tlie Supreme Court. This was an action of ejectment for a small strip of land, being one-half of what had been a public street, in front of a lot of land which the plaintiff liad conveyed to a certain person, and which lot had come, by divers nresne conveyances, to the defendants. The plaintiff's deed conveyed the premises by the following description, viz.: “All that certain lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the township of Bergen, in the county of Hudson and state of New Jersey, butted and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake standing at the junction of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beasley, Chief Justice.
This case, as it stands before this court, presents, in a distinct form, the question whether in a conveyance of lands which, in point of fact, abut upon a street or highway, anything short of express words of exclusion will prevent the title from extending to the medium filum of such street or highway, the grantor, at the date of such conveyance, being the owner of such.street or highway to that extent.
This is a subject with respect to which the views of judges are much at variance. The general opinion appears to be that there…
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