Legal Opinion
Squaw Island Freight & Terminal Co. v. City of Buffalo
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1928PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action in equity brought to restrain defendant from continuing to discharge sewage into the Niagara river, and demanding $775,000 damage to plaintiff’s property, known as Squaw Island, by sewage already discharged into said river, and, by action of the current, carried onto and around the island, and there deposited in such a way as to completely ruin the island for the purpose for which it was used, namely, the taking of sand and gravel for commercial purposes.
The plaintiff claims to own something like 119 acres of island, slightly above water leve!, and considerably more land…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Reining v. . City of Buffalo, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Francis v. . SchoellkopfNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Sammons v. . City of GloversvilleNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Harrigan v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Ahrens v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Thomann v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- Bush v. City of JamestownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- Alotto v. City of CorningAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Dollendorf v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Grant v. Town of KirklandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960