People v. Havemeyer & Elder, Inc.

The State brings an action to set aside five grants of land under water, situated along the East river between North Fourth and North Tenth streets in the Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn. The one grant involved in the third cause of action was made in 1833; the others were made in 1892. The complaint alleges that the grantee failed to comply with the express conditions and reservations made in said grants to within five years actually appropriate and apply the premises described in the grants “ to the purpose of commerce by erecting a dock or docks thereon and filling in the same.” The…