Towle v. . Remsen
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the City of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a verdict. This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of certain “ water lots ” in the city of New York, on the west side, said lots being partly what is known as the “ tide-way," i. e. land lying between high and low water marks, and partly land below low water mark. Both parties claim under grants from the city.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the City of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a verdict. This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of certain “ water lots ” in the city of New York, on the west side, said lots being partly what is known as the “ tide-way," i. e. land lying between high and low water marks, and partly land below low water mark. Both parties claim under grants from the city. In 1837, the city of New York granted to the heirs and devisees of Mary Clarke, who claimed title under her will to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The controversy in regard to the title to the upland connected with the water lots, which are the subject of litigation in this case, has been so frequently before the courts of this State for adjudication that it is too late at this day to reconsider and review the grounds upon which these decisions are based. The doubts which may have existed heretofore in reference to the appellant’s rights in this respect, must of necessity yield to the numerous decisions of the courts, and the questions involved, and which have thus been solemnly disposed of, must be considered as res adjudícala. (See…
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