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130 Misc. 861

Grassi v. Loweth

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 21, 1927

New York Supreme Court · decided 1927-11-21

Relies on Hiles v. . Fisher · Quigley v. Monsees

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Decided 1927-11-21

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Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently August 1961

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Lynch, J.

¶1The plaintiffs seek to enjoin the defendants from in any way interfering with the plaintiffs’ use of a certain right of way leading to a garage owned by the plaintiffs.

¶2The case was submitted upon an agreed state of facts. The only question of law presented is whether a husband, who enjoys an estate by the entirety, may, in the absence of any legal consent of the wife, subject the property to an easement, in the nature of a right of way. That he may not legally do this seems to be definitely established by the following authorities: Hiles v. Fisher (144 N. Y. 306); Grosser v. City of Rochester (148 id. 235); Matter of Quigley v. Monsees (56 Misc. 110); Gray v. State of New York (116 id. 760); 2 Weed’s Practical Real Estate Law, 1121.

¶3As the agreement made between the defendant husband, the plaintiffs’ grantor, is unenforcible against the defendant wife, it follows that the plaintiffs are not entitled to the injunction sought. Judgment is, therefore, granted the defendant, but without costs.

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