Snow v. . Pulitzer
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 12, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and also affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages to property held by plaintiff, as lessee, and caused by the tearing down of an adjoining building. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 12, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and also affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages to property held by plaintiff, as lessee, and caused by the tearing down of an adjoining building. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The common owner of two independent adjoining buildings, conveying or leasing one of them, does not, under ordinary…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
In 1848 Mr. French erected a seven-story building in the city of Mew York. Subsequently another person erected an adjoining four-story building, and still later another owner erected another adjoining building, thus making three buildings in the block. There were no party walls, the buildings all having independent walls. Subsequently French, became the owner of all the buildings and converted them into a hotel, called French’s Hotel, the buildings being used together as one building with doors and openings through them.
The hotel property passed by will from French to his daughter, Helen A.…
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