Hall v. Town of Oyster Bay
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward Hall, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 18th day of September, 1900, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Nassau Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of September, 1900, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon the dismissal of his complaint at Trial Term on the proof at the close of his case. He sued the. town of Oyster Bay for damages, and complained that the defendant in 1894 had leased certain oyster ground to him for fifteen years, that he went into possession, that in 1897 the défendant, by its town board, authorized and directed that a bridge should be built across the land, that the bridge was built, whereby he was evicted, and that he had performed all of the covenants and conditions of his lease. There is no question of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Speir v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Markey v. . County of QueensNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Hill v. . Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People Ex Rel. Keene v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Lefrois v. . County of MonroeNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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- In Re DeckerOhio Court of Appeals · 1984