Shinnecock Hills & Peconic Bay Realty Co. v. Aldrich
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Shinnecock Hills and Peconic Bay. Realty Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, bearing date the 21st day of November, 1907, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Suffolk upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Suffolk Trial Term (as amended), and "also from an order bearing date the 19th day of November, 1907, and entered in said clerk’s office denying…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Shinnecock Hills and Peconic Bay. Realty Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, bearing date the 21st day of November, 1907, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Suffolk upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Suffolk Trial Term (as amended), and "also from an order bearing date the 19th day of November, 1907, and entered in said clerk’s office denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
This action was brought to enjoin a trespass,.but it was tried upon the stipulation of the parties as an action at law for damages. At the close of the evidence both sides moved for the direction of a verdict and the defendants’ motion was granted. The dispute is over the title of a strip of salt meadow and beach on the southerly side of Cold Spring Harbor in the town of Southampton, Suffolk county. The plaintiff is the owner of the uplands adjoining the strip in dispute. The plaintiff derives title from a deed made March 21, 1861, by the “ Trustees of the Proprietors of the Common…
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