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50 N.Y. 694

Wallace v. . Fee

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 24, 1872

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1872-12-24

The parties were seized each of a portion of lot twenty-nine in the city of Rochester, deriving title from a common source; by that the… Held: 1st. That the original title, and the right of possession of the parties, as derived therefrom, extended no further west than the east line of Clyde street, as it then was. 2d. That the language of the description in plaintiff’s deed carried his right to the center of the street; and when the public abandoned its easement plaintiff…

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Decided 1872-12-24

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Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 1904

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Folger, J.,

¶1 reads for affirmance. All concur.

¶2 Andrews and Sapallo, JJ., upon the ground that plaintiff was in possession and defendant had shown no title.

¶3 Order affirmed, and judgment absolute againt defendant.

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