Legal Opinion

Mott v. Oppenheimer

New York Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1891Published

Appeal from special term, Hew York county. Action by Henry A. Mott and another against Jacob and Bertha Oppenheimer. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.

The following facts appeared upon the trial: In the-year 1876 one John M. Pinckney owned two lots on the south side of Fifty-Ninth street, and Oliver M. Arkenburgh owned the adjacent lots on either side; both titles being derived from a common source. While the lots were-so owned by Pinckney and Arkenburgh, in the year 1876, a party-wall agreement was executed between the owners, by which it was provided that either-.party might erect a party-wall, the center line thereof coinciding with the-boundary; such wall to be of a specified character and dimensions, and subject to extension. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Guentzer v. JuchNew York Supreme Court · 1889

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