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Abutter

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Meaning of Abutter

The owner of land abutting on a public street, in the bed of which the owner has no title or private right except such as are incident to a lot so situated. 122 N. Y. 1; 130 N. Y. 14. An abutter has two distinct kinds of rights in a highway, those which he enjoys in common with all citizens, and those which arise from his ownership of contiguous property. 130 N. Y. 618. He may or may not own the fee in the street, and his rights of the second class vary according to this fact. 131 N. Y. 293.

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