Sargent v. Platt and Platt

This is an action against defendants, who are husband and wife, for a breach of covenant of seisin. In 1933 the plaintiff purchased of the defendants a rectangular lot in Highgate with a frontage of 50 feet and a depth of 60 feet. By the deed in question, dated April 2, 1934, a strip of land 10 feet wide and 60 feet deep, adjoining the above lot on the north, was conveyed, also another lot of land 60 feet wide, adjoining on the east side of the above lot combined with the 10 foot strip, and having depth of about 78 feet. Although the plaintiff claimed failure of title to a strip 10 feet by…