Kingsland v. Mayor of New York

Daniels, J :

The object of the action is the recovery of damages for discontinuing a bulk-head on the preceding' Westerly water line of the city of New York. It has been brought by the plaintiff as- the surviving executor and trustee under the' Will of Daniel C, Kingsland, deceased, and the bulk-head in controversy adjoined Charlton street on the north and extended southerly 101 feet or thereabouts, on the westerly line of West street. The rights of the plaintiff as they have been presented in the action have' been derived under two deeds, one of which was made by the mayor, etc., of the city…