Gouverneur v. National Ice Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made September 8, 1890, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant entered on a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and granted a new trial.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made September 8, 1890, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant entered on a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and granted a new trial. This was an action of ejectment, brought in January, 1883, to recover the possession of certain premises consisting of water and land under water of a natural pond or lake known as Hinckley pond or Croton lake, situated in the town of Patterson, county of Putnam, and is about 2,500 feet in length and 800 feet in width in the broadest place, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The defendant alleges several defenses, and the one founded upon the denial of the plaintiffs’ title is that their ancestors conveyed the premises in question by deeds to certain grantees many years before this action was commenced. If this proposition of fact is sustained the other alleged defenses will require no consideration.
The premises which are the subject of controversy consist of a body of water formerly known as Hinckley pond and later as Croton lake, and land under the water situated in the town of Patterson, county of Putnam. This is a natural pond or lake about one hundred and…
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