Knapp v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Charles B. Knapp and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered .in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 5th day of November, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term dismissing the complaint upon the merits in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The premises in controversy consist of a strip about 40 feet in width by about 100 feet in depth, bounded on the north by the south line of One Hundred and Fifty-eighth street, and on the west *290by the land of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad. With other property they were conveyed by James Beekman and wife to Samuel Watkins by deed dated October 17, 1816, by a description which ran “to. the Hudson River, thence northerly along the said river.” Watkins and wife conveyed the premises and other property to Victor Q-. Audubon by a deed dated August 16, 1843, by a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sherman v. . KaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- La Frombois v. Jackson ex dem. SmithCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1826
- Baker v. . OakwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Barnes v. . LightNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Jackson ex dem. Hopkins v. LeekNew York Supreme Court · 1834
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3Cited by9 opinions
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