New York Court of Appeals

Frederick Haberman, Respondent v. John O. Baker, Appellant

October 6, 1891128 N.Y. 253

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment ordering specific performance of a land sale, holding that the vendor possessed legal title and that the conveyances of land along former highways gave the grantee fee to the center (or whole) of the road, which reverted to private ownership when the public easement was abandoned; the executor's purchase was valid and objections were cured by adverse possession.