Legal Opinion

Matter of City of New York (Rockaway Beach)

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 23, 1942PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Per curiam

The assignor of appellant was the owner of land at Far Rockaway, Queens county, N. Y., upon which had been erected an amusement park and a boardwalk. Access to the amusement park was had from the boardwalk and from Rockaway boulevard which paralleled the boardwalk at a distance of six hundred feet. In a condemnation proceeding brought pursuant to Laws of 1918, chapter 506, as amended, the city of New York condemned so much of the tract as constituted the land upon which the boardwalk was erected, and title vested in the city to the portion taken on July 15, 1925. Some three years thereafter,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. GrizzardSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Matter of Board of Water Supply of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  3. South Buffalo Railway Co. v. KirkoverNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  4. Matter of Culver Contrg. Corp. v. HumphreyNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  5. County of Erie v. . FridenbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1917

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In re County of WestchesterNew York Supreme Court · 1953
  2. In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
  3. Board of Supervisors v. Sherlo Realty, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Sperry v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
  5. Lucas v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974

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