Foote v. Adams

This is a partition action, to which the State of New York was not made a party. Upon motion to intervene, it became a party defendant. The lands involved consist of a large gore embracing salt meadow lands, islands, lands under water, and about 7,000 feet of beach land fronting on the Atlantic ocean. A large part of the beach lands were conveyed to the State by the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay for the purpose of creating Jones Beach State Park. The State has since spent several million dollars for a causeway leading to, and in the development of the park. The State, in its answer,…