Legal Opinion
In re the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 24, 1953PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahak, J.
This appeal is from a decree in a condemnation proceeding, which determined that the City of New York and not the claimant had title to certain lands under water on the shorefront of the Bast River or Sound in the borough of The Bronx, city of New York, west of the Bronx River. The land is outshore of the highwater mark, and between it and the pierhead and bulkhead lines created by law. Decision of the questions raised depends largely upon the construction to be given to various colonial patents to predecessors in title of the claimant and to the former Town of Westchester. The city has…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Langdon v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Sage v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Rogers v. JonesNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- Trustees of Brookhaven v. . StrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Lowndes v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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