Sloat v. McDougal
New York City Court
Appeal from trial term. Action by Ferdinand Sloat against Mary McDougal. The trial court dismissed the complaint, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
Eastman died seised in fee-simple of a plot of land in Brooklyn 40 feet front on the westerly side of Sumner avenue by 100 feet deep, with a house 40 feet deep standing on the westerly part of this plot and fronting on Sumner avenue. May 23, 1885, Eastman’s executors conveyed to plaintiff, by metes and bounds, a lot 20 by 100 feet, being the southerly half of this 40 by 100 plot. About 14 inches by 40 feet of the lot so conveyed was covered by the house on the northerly part of the plot, 40 by 100 feet. Thereafter, to-wit, October 7, 1885, Eastman’s executors conveyed by metes and bounds a…
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