Clark v. Beloff
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of ejectment, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and reserved by that court, Elmer, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. . The substance of the material parts of the agreed statement of facts, is as follows: — In April, 1895, Elizabeth Burwell owned and possessed a tract of land in the city of New Haven, bounded north by lands of Burnham and others and her own land; east by Cedar street…
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Action in the nature of ejectment, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and reserved by that court, Elmer, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. . The substance of the material parts of the agreed statement of facts, is as follows: — In April, 1895, Elizabeth Burwell owned and possessed a tract of land in the city of New Haven, bounded north by lands of Burnham and others and her own land; east by Cedar street 364j-§^ feet; south by the New Haven and Derby Railroad; and west by her own land. This tract appears on the following map,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tokbakbe, J„
The question in this case is whether the deed from Mrs. Burwell to Mrs. Clark in April, 1895, conveyed a lot of land on Cedar street with a frontage of 122 feet, or one with a frontage of, substantially, only 117 feet. At the time that deed was made Mrs. Burwell owned the entire tract of land fronting on Cedar street, between the *242Burnham land and the land of the railroad company, having a frontage of substantially 364 feet.
As the owner of this entire tract, Mrs. Burwell in April, 1895, conveyed the northerly portion of it, next to the Bum-ham land to her daughter, by the deed here…
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