City of New York v. Wright

In this action of ejectment, tried by the court without a jury, the city of New York seeks to recover possession of certain portions of a plot of land located at or near the northeasterly corner of Jerome avenue and East One Hundred and Sixty-second street, in the borough of The Bronx. The city contends that the land in question was originally under water in Cromwell’s creek, so called; that title thereto was granted to the town of Westchester in 1667 by a patent of Colonial Governor Nichols; that such title was confirmed by subsequent patents of Colonial Governors Dongan and Fletcher and by…