Batt v. Kelly
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Aelaine Kelly, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the •clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of June, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The plaintiff is the owner and occupant of the premises ¡No. 853 Lafayette avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, Which he purchased •on or about August 20, 1891, from one Alexander McKnight, at that time the 'owner of the property and also of the then vacant lot on the west, now covered by the building ¡No. 851 Lafayette avenue. After plaintiff’s purchase Mr. McKnight erected the building ¡No. •851 Lafayette avenue and sold it to the defendant, the present occupant. There is a twelve-inch party wall between the two buildings, and the dividing line is through the center of the…
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