Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry Railroad
The Superior Court of New York City
Motion for the continuance of an injunction restraining the defendants from filling in the space on the south side of plaintiff’s pier at Forty-third street, ■on the North river, in the city of New York.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
Under chapter 182 of Laws 1837, the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York became vested with all the right and title ■of the people of this State to the lands covered with water along the easterly shore of the North or Hudson river, between Hammond street and One-hundred-and thirty-fifth street, and extending from the westerly side of the lands under water, previously granted to the city of New York by the act of February 25, 1826, to the westerly line of Thirteenth avenue.
This includes the premises owned or claimed by all the parties to this action.
By the same chapter, the…
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