New York Court of Appeals

Frederick P. Forster, Respondent v. David Scott, Appellant

January 17, 1893136 N.Y. 577

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the General Term directing the defendant to accept the deed and pay the purchase price. The Court held that the filing of a map under the Consolidation Act created an incumbrance and that the statute prohibiting compensation for improvements after map filing was unconstitutional.