Barney v. Everard

Prior to the date hereinafter mentioned one Thomas J. Robinson was the owner of a plot of ground on the southerly side of One Hundred and Twentieth street, distant 300 feet westerly from Fifth avenue and having a frontage on said street of 160 feet. On the 23d day of June, 1892, he sold and conveyed to Malvina Hammerstein the extreme westerly portion of said property, beginning 410 feet from Fifth avenue and extending westerly 50 feet. This deed of conveyance contained a covenant on the part of the grantee in the following words: “ And the party of the second part, by the acceptance of these…