Legal Opinion

Appleby v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 19, 1915PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiffs, Edgar S. Appleby and another, individually, and as executors, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of December, 1914, denying their motion for an injunction pendente lite.

1Opinion of the Court

Scott, J.:

Plaintiffs, as executors of the will of, and devisees of Charles E. Appleby, deceased, are the-owners of land under water of the area of two city blocks lying between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, as heretofore projected and laid out, and Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets, and Fortieth and Forty-first streets in the city of New York. The city has constructed piers at the foot and in extension of said streets, and has leased to various persons and corporations, defendants herein, the exclusive right to use parts of said piers which extend into the river far beyond the limits of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Scranton v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. People v. New York & Staten Island Ferry Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  4. Rothschild v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Appleby v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  2. City of New York v. ApplebyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  3. State v. BishopNew York Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Appleby v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915

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