Legal Opinion

White v. Williams

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 1867PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment ordered at a special term, on a trial before a justice of the court without a jury.

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APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment ordered at a special term, on a trial before a justice of the court without a jury. On the 26th day of August, 1863, Philip White and John H. Williams entered into an agreement by which Williams agreed to sell to White and one Samuel Cline, the house and premises No. 26 Rutgers Place, in the city of New York, and described in said agreement as “ situated on the corner of Rutgers Place (Monroe street) and Clinton street, fronting on Rutgers Place twenty-six feet and six inches, and being in depth on Clinton street one hundred and twenty feet to and…

1Opinion of the CourtLeonard, J.

The defendant agreed to sell and convey to White and Cline a dwelling house and lot of land known as number 26 Eutgers Place, being the same premises conveyed to the defendant by Holler, situated on the corner of Eutgers Place and Clinton street, fronting on Eutgers Place twenty-six feet six inches, being in depth on Clinton street 120 feet, “to and including the stable on the rear of the premises The defendant executed and delivered a deed for the premises, describing it as 120 feet in depth ; but making no mention of the stable. There was a stable on the rear of the premises, built by a…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Southard v. . CurleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. Laughlin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Christopher & Tenth Street Railroad v. Twenty-third Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
  4. Barth v. DeuelSupreme Court of Colorado · 1888
  5. Christopher St. R. Co. v. . 23d St. R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896

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