Whan v. Steingotter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Sarah Whan and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 6th day of December, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a .trial at the Kings County Trial Term, the parties having waived a jury trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The action is in ejectment for a strip of land 2 inches wide and 100 feet in depth, lying on the northwesterly side of Putnam *84avenue between Bushwick avenue and Broadway, in the borough of Brooklyn. The" block in question was a part of the old Suydam farm, upon the partition of which the block was Conveyed to Abraham Suydam in 1880. The description in this partition deed stated the length of the block to be 550 feet. The actual length according to the legal standard of measurement was 550 feet 5f inches. In 1887 Suydam conveyed to Brower a portion of the premises, extending…
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