Hecht v. Launer

This is a suit in equity tried before the court without a jury. Plaintiffs seek a judgment declaring Kinberg Court, a street located in Ellenville, New York, by common-law and statutory dedication and acceptance to be a public highway 50 feet in width, about 199 feet in length with a cul-de-sac or turn around having a 50-foot radius at its westerly end. They also seek a declaration that they have a perpetual private easement therein for highway purposes as abutting owners whose title is derived from a common grantor through a conveyance made by him which referred to a map of the subdivision…