De Lancey v. Hawkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John P. Hawkins, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and the defendants Elias D. Hunter and others, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 26th day of December, 1896,. upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The action is ejectment to recover the possession of a strip of land in front of the shipyard of the defendant Hawkins:, at City *9Island, and extending out about 400 feet from high-water mark. The judgment awarded to the plaintiff the possession of three undivided fourth parts, and to the defendants, other than the defendant Hawkins, the possession of one undivided fourth part of the premises in question. The premises are situated under the waters of Long Island Sound, adjacent to Minneford’s, now called City Island, and are part of a large tract which extends from high-water…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sage v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Colvin v. BurnetNew York Supreme Court · 1837
- De Lancey v. . PiepgrasNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Heaney v. HeeneyNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- De Lancey v. PiepgrasNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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