Whitman v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Nathaniel Whitman and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2d day of January, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, adjudging, among other things, that the defendant is the owner of certain real property in the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.-:
■ On the 7th of April, 1869, the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York conveyéd to one John L. Brown certain real estate in such city, mostly under water, between Ninetieth and Ninety-first streets, and the sanie has since, by mesne conveyances, been acquired by the plaintiffs. The defendant haying asserted a. claim thereto, or to some portion thereof, this action was brought under sections 1638 to 1650, inclusive, of the Code of' Civil Procedure to determine the title. The land conveyed is adjacent to' and bounded on the east by the East river, and the…
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