Lawrence v. Delano
The Superior Court of New York City
This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover the yossession of a piece of land 2 feet 6 inches wide by 27 feet long, being in the rear of premises known as Ho. 39 Lafayette Place, in the city of Hew York, and which piece was formerly a portion of the lot fronting on Broadway on a line with Ho. 39 Lafayette Place.
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This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover the yossession of a piece of land 2 feet 6 inches wide by 27 feet long, being in the rear of premises known as Ho. 39 Lafayette Place, in the city of Hew York, and which piece was formerly a portion of the lot fronting on Broadway on a line with Ho. 39 Lafayette Place. The cause came on for trial before Yaudeepoel, Justice, on the 6th day of June, 1849. Upon the trial, the plaintiff’s counsel read in evidence a deed to him from Charles F. Moulton and wife, bearing date May 1st, 1836, conveying certain lands, of which the premises in question…
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Vanderpoel, J.
The plaintiff, when he rested his cause, had shown a clear legal title to the premises in question. The deed from Moulton and wife to Mm, bearing date the first day of May, 1836, includes the premises. Has the defendant succeeded in showing, either a paramount title in himself, or any other state of facts, that should operate as a bar x> his adversary’s legal claim ?
It must be borne in mind, that the action is not brought for* *338any portion of the alley which was appropriated by the agreement of the 29th day of October, 1836, between the plaintiff, Benjamín F. Lee, and Benjamin Curtis, and…
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