Skelly v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Mary E. Jones and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of December, 1900, granting the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial after the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
It was conceded that the city of New York, by virtue of the Dongan and Montgomery charters, held the title in fee simple absolute to the lands between high and low-water mark around such city. The plaintiff also established that his predecessor in title was the owner of the upland adjoining the land held and owned by the city of New York. The plaintiff, for the purpose of establishing title to the land in question in himself, offered in evidence a judgment in an action of ejectment between the plaintiff’s predecessor in title, the upland owner, and the city of New York, in and by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cagger v. . LansingNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Greenleaf v. Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- King v. TownshendNew York Supreme Court · 1892
- Scott v. DrennenNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1880
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