Barker v. A. I. Namm & Son

This is an action for a declaratory judgment adjudicating the rights of the parties in and to a former courtyard situated at the southwesterly corner of Fulton street and Elm Place, Brooklyn. By order, the action was severed, so that the sole parties whose rights herein are adjudicated are the plaintiffs and the public, the latter in the person of the city defendant.

The crucial document in this case consists of a deed in partition, to which is annexed a map or diagram. That deed is dated the 13th day of July, 1836, and was made by and between Anna Prince, as party of the first part, Susan…