Trustees of Freeholders & Commonalty of East Hampton v. Vail
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 9, 1894, upon an order overruling plaintiff’s exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at General Term and directing judgment for defendants upon a verdict. The nature of the action and' the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 9, 1894, upon an order overruling plaintiff’s exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at General Term and directing judgment for defendants upon a verdict. The nature of the action and' the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The grant to the town of East Hampton, made by Governor Fucholls on the 13th of March, 1666, and confirmed by Governor Dongan on the 9th of December, 1686, operated to convey to the grantee the lands under tide water in Fort…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This action was in the nature of ejectment to establish an exclusive right in the town of East Hampton to a tract of land covered with water and known as Port’Pond bay.
It is alleged in the complaint that the plaintiff is a body corporate, incorporated under a colonial charter or patent granted December 9tli, 1686, by Thomas Dongan, then governor of the province of Xew York, under James the Second, King of England, and duly ratified and confirmed by laws of the colony of Xew York, and by the Constitution of the state; that by virtue of such patent and of another granted to the town of East…
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