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People Ex Rel. Burnham v. . Jones

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 9, 1888PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Motion to dismiss appeals by the commissioners of the land, office and by the Bartholomay Brewing Company from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, made July 2, 1888, which reversed a decision of said commissioners granting the application of said company for title to certain lands under navigable waters.. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Motion to dismiss appeals by the commissioners of the land, office and by the Bartholomay Brewing Company from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, made July 2, 1888, which reversed a decision of said commissioners granting the application of said company for title to certain lands under navigable waters.. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The defendants are not. parties “ aggrieved ” within the meaning of the Code of Civil Procedure, and the decision appealed from affected no substantial right of theirs or of any person…

1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.

Under section 67 of article 4, chapter 9, part 1 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Laws of 1850, chapter 283, section 1, on or about the 30th day of September, 1887, the Bartholomay Brewing Company filed with the defendants, as commissioners of the land office, its application for title to certain lands under the waters 'of Lake Ontario, at Charlotte, in the county of Monroe, which application was • opposed by the relator upon the ground that he was the owner of a portion of the adjacent uplands. Upon the questions thus raised both, parties submitted to the commissioners of the land…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Allen v. . Commissioners of the Land-OfficeNew York Court of Appeals · 1868

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Durner v. HueginWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Rommell v. WalshSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
  3. Bryant v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. People Ex Rel. Steward v. Board of Railroad CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  5. People Ex Rel. South Shore Traction Co. v. WillcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1909

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