Timpson v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Theodore Timpson and others, as executors and trustees of William L. Chamberlain, deceased, and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th. day of June, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Circuit, and also from an order entered…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, Theodore Timpson and others, as executors and trustees of William L. Chamberlain, deceased, and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th. day of June, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Circuit, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of July, 1895, denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial made upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.:
This action is brought to recover the value of a certain bulkhead property 100 feet in length, situated on the westerly side of West street, in the city of New York, and bounded on the south by the extension of the northerly line of Beach street. The property was appropriated by the dock department on May 1, 1880, without compensation, on the theory that the plaintiffs had no title thereto.
In 1809 the city of New York granted to John H. Murray and William Ogden a water lot, bounded on the west by the easterly line •of West street, and having a frontage of 100 feet on that street.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Langdon v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Rogers v. JonesNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- The People v. . VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Trustees of Brookhaven v. . StrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Towle v. . RemsenNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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- Fulton Light, Heat & Power Co. v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1909
- Bay Ridge Dock Co. v. United Dry Docks, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1932
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