People v. American Sugar Refining Co.

" .The action is brought by the People of the State of New York through the attorney-general against the defendant, the American Sugar Refining Company of New York, for the purpose of vacating certain letters patent whereby the predecessors of the defendant company were granted certain rights or privileges to lands under water adjacent to certain uplands owned by them, situate in the county of Kings and state of New York, to which rights the defendant has succeeded.

The letters patent are eight in number and are set forth in full in the form of exhibits attached to the complaint. The first of…