In re the City of New York

Damage parcels 440, 441, 442, 444, 445, 447, 448, 450, 455, 456, 457, 467, 468, 471, 473, 475, 486, 487, 477, 494, 495, 497, 499, 531, 534, 537, 538, 539, 540, 543, 544, 546, 547, 548, 552, 554, 557, 564, claimed to be in nineteen separate ownerships, generally comprised the vacant meadow lands south of the Long Island railroad east and west of Flushing river.

As to these parcels, the city maintained that the proofs submitted,' consisting of twenty-year chains of title, were insufficient and the claimants were notified that they would be required to present their evidence of ownership to the…