Legal Opinion

Gillies v. Orienta Beach Club

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 25, 1935PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBleakley, J.

Defendants move to dismiss the amended complaint upon the ground that it fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

The complaint seeks to enjoin the defendants from interfering with the use by the plaintiffs and others resident on Orienta Point of a certain parcel of beach property situated on Walton avenue in the village of Mamaroneck.

The plaintiffs allege that for more than fifty years by a custom and usage the inhabitants of Orienta Point have used and enjoyed the parcel of land in question for access to Long Island Sound, for beach bathing and boating purposes.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Post v. PearsallCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1839
  2. Pearsall v. PostNew York Supreme Court · 1838
  3. Graham v. WalkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
  4. Card v. GrinmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1823
  5. Coe v. Wolcottville Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1868

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Haman v. FoxIdaho Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Gillies v. Orienta Beach Club & Orienta Realty Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936

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