Tiffany v. Town of Oyster Bay
New York Supreme Court
Action to restrain the erection of bath-houses in front of plaintiff’s upland on the westerly side of Cold Spring Harbor.
1Opinion of the CourtFaber, J.
This is an action to restrain the town of Oyster Bay and William B. Kunz, as the town’s contractor, from erecting bath-houses for the use of the public on a strip of filled-in land in front of plaintiff’s upland on the westerly side of Cold Spring Harbor, and for permission to the plaintiff to restore such filled-in land to its former condition of land under water by removing the fill.
There is no dispute as to the material facts. The plaintiff, Louis C. Tiffany, is the owner of a large tract of upland on the westerly side of Cold Spring-Harbor, upon which his residence is situated. In…
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