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Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Co. v. Valance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 10, 1908
123 App. Div. 687 (N.Y. App. Div. 1908)

Opinion

January 10, 1908.

Almeth W. Hoff [ Michael J. Joyce with him on the brief], for the appellants.

Charles L. Woody [ George D. Yeomans with him on the brief], for the respondent.


The respondent has a retaining wall 8 feet wide at the base and 2 feet at the top along its sunken railroad right of way against the appellants' land. The base of such wall was one foot over on the appellants' land, and this proceeding was begun to acquire the strip encroached upon. After appearing, the appellants allowed judgment to be taken by default. A motion was afterwards made by the respondent while the commissioners were still sitting to correct the description in the petition and judgment. The introductory words of such description, and the map referred to in it, which exhibited the wall, showed the strip one foot wide to be taken, but in the description by metes and bounds the lines were not run correctly. The correction asked for was only of a clerical error, and the court was authorized to make it (Code Civ. Pro. §§ 723, 3368).

The order should be affirmed.

WOODWARD, JENKS, RICH and MILLER, JJ., concurred.

Order affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.


Summaries of

Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Co. v. Valance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 10, 1908
123 App. Div. 687 (N.Y. App. Div. 1908)
Case details for

Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Co. v. Valance

Case Details

Full title:BROOKLYN UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY, Respondent, v . SARAH U. VALANCE…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 10, 1908

Citations

123 App. Div. 687 (N.Y. App. Div. 1908)
108 N.Y.S. 157

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