Wilson v. Wightman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion hy the plaintiff, Bernard Wilson, as grantor for the benefit of John Lefoy Brower, grantee, for a new trial made upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to he heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The ¡action was in ejectment, brought to recover a strip 'of land four inches in width and five feet in depth on the westerly side of West End avenue, between Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth streets, in the city of New York. The answer denies the title of the plaintiff to the land in question, admits that the defendant is in possession of the premises, and alleges that such premises are covered by a portion of a building known as No. 505 West End avenue,, which building, .together with the premises upon which it stands, was conveyed by the plaintiff and his wife to the defendant; that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lampman v. . MilksNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Jackson ex dem. Yates v. HathawayNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Buss v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Strong v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Griffiths v. . MorrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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- Davis v. GarofaloNew York Supreme Court · 1943
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