Cohn v. Plass
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Advisory Master Charles J. Eoe. On bill to quiet title. The decree adjudged the title of the complainant to be good.
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On appeal from a decree advised by Advisory Master Charles J. Eoe. On bill to quiet title. The decree adjudged the title of the complainant to be good. The following statement of the facts is extracted from the conclusions of the master: The tract in question is situate in the city of Bayonne along Avenue H. The complainant acquired his title by a warrantee deed made by John YanBuskirk and wife, dated November 4th, 1912, and as a further muniment of title received from the grantor the assignment of a mortgage given by Edward YanBuskirk to the grantor to secure $2,000, dated June 7th, 1881,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
The important question in the case is whether the conveyance by VanBuskirk to the complainant conveyed a good title to the whole tract, including the seventeen undivided one-hundredths (17/100) conveyed by various grantors to Plass in 1891, and by Plass to Packard in 1913. The complainant at different stages in the case has relied on three inconsistent theories to sustain VanBuskirk’s title—(1) that the title acquired from his ancestor never passed out of him; (2) that he acquired title after 1881 by adverse possession; (3) that he had a…
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