Bergen Beach Land Corp. v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Action to compel specific performance of contract.
1Opinion of the CourtCropsey, J.
This action involves the question of the development of Jamaica bay. The plaintiff, as the owner of a tract of land there, seeks to have enforced a contract made with the commissioners of the sinking fund of the city of New York relative to that development. While plaintiff’s complaint asks for an injunction the brief of his counsel states that that is not sought. Nor does the plaintiff in this action *493seek damages, and no proof of any damage has been offered.
The first question is whether there is a valid agreement existing and, if so, then whether the court should decree specific performance…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Philadelphia Co. v. StimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Co. v. GarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Bedlow v. New York Floating Dry Dock Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Matter of City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- McCabe v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
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- Mayor and City Council v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- In re the Application of the City of New York, Acting by & Through the Commissioner of Docks, Relative to Acquiring Right & Title to & Possession of Certain Real Property, Lands, Lands under Water & Lands under Water Filled in, Not Now Owned by the City of New York, Situated Along the Westerly & Northerly Shores of Jamaica BayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- Schantz v. Genesee State Park CommissionNew York Supreme Court · 1952
- In re the Application of the City of New York, Acting by & Through the Commissioner of Docks, Relative to Acquiring Right & Title to & Possession of Certain Real Property, Lands, Lands under Water & Lands under Water Filled in, Not Now Owned by the City of New York, Situated Along the Westerly & Northerly Shores of Jamaica BayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- Mayor and City Council v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
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