People ex rel. Swan v. Doxsee
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Alden S. Swan, from an order of the Supreme Court,, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of'Kings on the l'9th day of October, 1909, as resettled by an order entered on the 16th day of .November, 1909, denying the relator’s motion .for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
By chapter 455 of the Laws of 1903 the town of Islip was authorized to purchase docks at Islip and Bay .Shore in said town, and to acquire sites for and to build docks and bulkheads at Say-ville, West Sayville, Bayport and East Islip in said town “ for public use.” Both the title .of the act, which is deemed indicative of the purpose of the act, and the body of the act itself repeatedly declare that the purpose of the acquisition and maintenance shall be for the “ public use,” The act in question provided that the trustees of the town lands “ shall have the charge and supervision of…
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