John Den, Ex Dem. Archibald Russell, in Error v. The Association of the Jersey Company

56 U.S. 426

15 How. 426

14 L.Ed. 757

JOHN DEN, EX DEM. ARCHIBALD RUSSELL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,

v.

THE ASSOCIATION OF THE JERSEY COMPANY.

December Term, 1853

THIS case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey.

The action of ejectment was brought to recover a tract of land at Paulus Hook, now Jersey City, on the Jersey shore, formerly under the tide waters of the Hudson river, and below low-water mark. The locus in quo has been reclaimed from the water by artificial means, and was in the possession of the Jersey Associates, and occupied…