New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21

che Network real estate field
pscs1t a0' ,,on and lawyers OF the old fash-
g. rsnineeu @' ..s.avo under which property is
,.ssi ne state. Involving long delays
cr-itTee - s-cers Of fraud and innocent loSs'
~scs sxpeiise nat would be credit to medieval
SIS we'll nigh intoleraole Tor our osy
erss V- many people think. 1t Is sometmns'
81 re, has not kept pace with the mod
hey sa.,,..n,ents in other departments OF legai
u np' rsn,ind!ng one Of the ghostly horsecaI
lssaess ,,a streets in spite OF subway and
ss'H3 'e. .,aort.ts offered methods of REFORM
only o,.ues for the state of affairs. but
ssre he that other countries have long hau
Is AAo" ., oneration superior order. England
pFse.,tie Canada does better and Australia
score ., such perfection that, II 1t were
* 20. oxnlsjned to the property dealer OF
- sadue- night cause an attack OF heart
nss 49, attorneys agree with the plain
sure thsse foreign ideas. belonging by right
s'sn forward, hustling community ought 10
rs .'..5 here Moreover. a private corpora
\ in ... a5onted them with eminent success.
- hsS : the safest investment on earth
Rs'i e man the other day. 1T cant run
81 jim ~ STOLEN. So I've bought house
sssy get losl %
o. 0. -.n,ies his friend. Let me tell you'
Us, nd easier 10 buy gold mining stock.
y ' .s,,, YOUR title, for example,
saw all the deeds and papers H'ei'
ang is all T'sn 49,. ava sbout six courts and
rssre YOU might find membranes on
H's .-,nsrtv? Do you know there are twenty
u snoss Of serious trouble in regard TO OWL
stp!' -. a., +rust the man I'm
...,,g with. I've Just sent the deco 10 Ha'e
'7Ds .,a3 There's a boom coming and -
iseoiu'-, are again. Know how long It will
!H' -, that deed back from the registers
ths en- can resell or do any further business
'l'' :. from three months to a year
~ &c LAWYER charges $50 for searching
H. property worth S2,0o0 but the case
hf u11 -. so rnuch work that the fee will be
u! - trebled sums of g 90 for drawing
'--. :, satisfaction OF judgments and liens re
r. cbarges Of s.. with IS for drawing the
e.- "a . for its recording. add 10 the large
W. ~ total value. With a questionable
q brisk buying and selling, it Is con-
- =. that the legal expenses would soon eat
:, ,ortb Of the property. The greater the
=. .hs greater the loss. except TO attorneys
-t-s state offices And the wise owner
= to,es n save money by quiescence may
.,,e morning 10 find that the ninth cousin
!, w.,ican war veteran or the dover inherit
..,rs wife Of a Dakota pioneer has first caIl
= n-opertv. The services Of the shrewdest
- have not availed some times against such
-.7ingencies-
-. BARGAINS. ranging from Bronx and Brooklyn
- ras. Side tenements and private dwellings.
epIa MD U
-. country home, the widow with funds TO
st tbe noorlv dressed Jewish Spectator, the
,sr o; estates and syndicates. You see them
! "a offices everywhere, crowding real es-
-. .yc,ion rooms taking a hand in the curp
-E.. IN vesey-st. The curb market in the shado"
=, psnrs cburchvard and opposite well known
r-ia, roou, is an institution in itself There Yo-
.rors dealers and excited customers carry on
,.i- affairs with such abandon as 10 lead a spec
an, 20 suppose that gold mine is under con-
ss-stoD instead Of a goat infested tract OF land
- t-.osirst,ons doubtless see the gold in future
is7slopment
8 MANY transactions reveal the pitfalls in the
,s-rs a, The unwary Alured by glittering prom
ys man bought some Bronx property on the
7ssne1t Plan; tie other day he discovered ne
tad 2 mere contract and no title whatsoever An
,hsr man invested in Jersey villa that don't
-ES- and a third lost out on a piece OF sroullu
Ia. IS covered by salt water twice a day IL Is
SAD he wss taken to see the land at low ice.
sroyg the multiple causes Of defects In titles are
sEa- claims. deeds by lunaucs. errors Of law,
t-ras in SURVEYS. false afidavits liens ana judg-
nsr-s deeds By infants. undiscovered heirs. claims
% Ga lanes and roadbeds defective partitions, in
ys5 zllg. false presentations, defective foreclos-
rs A dishonest lawyer, reporting a title clear.
5zsed loss 10 his client Of St 466. and man who
Id bought property. accepting tax receipts as eFl-
o1e Of no incumbrance. discovered that dis
neS clerk IN a collectors office had appropriated
= money and left the incumbrance standing.
Within recent years builder took title 10 par
q IN Eth-st.. having purchased from two children
W in afidavits and surrogate's record appeared
De the sole heirs; but the children Of dead
siaeF turned up. and after injunction proceedings
/ stained 400 in settlement. In another case
a7gage was worthless because the Court Of APP
aS held invalid deed OF g woman owner. who
Al she did not know the nature Of the instrument
u Sg1ed. Again, a mans wife becoming insane
Married a second time. and wife No. Joined
I'll hin in selling and mortgaging property; yet
MS death the first wife obtained her dover
4as amounting 10 5000 while the other woman
. GU Of and al titles involved suffered faint
inherent purchasers were affected when the
t-Sn Widow Of 4 supposed bachelor in Brooklyn
- :, Forward TO obtain dover: and in the village
.-aHaEoneck several hundred persons felt the
-'.na'e results Of careless search. A Jersey
decided that the Statute Of Limitations did
a. tpN 70 lmbeciies that the ownership Of
sIes Of land had 10 be readjusted. A woman
~ G'y bought property on the signature Of all
c-r SH one supposed 10 have been killed in the
var ne appeared, however. and got one