Legal Opinion
Hadley v. Clabeau
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward M. Horey, J.
In the instant case an attorney was hired for the limited purpose of drawing a deed for the conveyance of a parcel of real property.
*995To assist the attorney with his assigned task the seller furnished the attorney with a hand-drafted sketch of the acreage to be conveyed. On that sketch the eastern boundary of the parcel was shown to be parallel to the west line of the parcel. The east line was also shown as being parallel to a town highway known as Hoxie Road.
The difficulty which has ensued stems from the fact that Hoxie Road runs generally northeasterly…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Holcomb v. . HolcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Paine v. . UptonNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Hoffman v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1943
- Griswold v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Brandwein v. Provident Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
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3Cited by5 opinions
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