Bissell v. . the New York Central R.R. Company

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The question presented for adjudication in this case is, whether the several deeds of conveyance executed by William W. Mumford, between the years 1828 and 1845, to different individuals, conveying lots on either side of Erie street, in the city of Rochester, carried the lands to the centre of that street. These deeds describe the lots invariably by their numbers; "reference being had to the allotment and survey madeby Elisha Johnson." In some cases the size of…