Wright v. City of Mount Vernon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, J. Frank Wright, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 19th day of May, 1899, upon the report of a referee dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
There is no material dispute as to the facts in this case, the question presented being purely one of law. The learned referee in his memorandum states that in “ the year 1888 the plaintiff became the. owner of a tract, of farm land in the town of Eastchester, Westches- * ter county, New York, adjoining the then village of Mount Vernon, which he subdivided into building lots numbered and streets and avenues named and he called the entire property so subdivided Primrose Park.” The plaintiff made a map of this park, filing the same in the office of the register of Westchester…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Cohoes v. President of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- City of Buffalo v. . PrattNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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