Adirondack Railway Co. v. Indian River Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term. Action by the Adirondack Railway Company against the Indian River Company and others for injunction. From an order continuing an injunction, defendants appeal. Reversed. The defendants, being the owners of a large amount of wild land in townships Nos. 15 and 32, “Totten and Grossfield’s Patent,” so called, offered to sell the whole of township No. 15 and 18,000 acres in township 32 to the forest preserve board.
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Appeal from special term. Action by the Adirondack Railway Company against the Indian River Company and others for injunction. From an order continuing an injunction, defendants appeal. Reversed. The defendants, being the owners of a large amount of wild land in townships Nos. 15 and 32, “Totten and Grossfield’s Patent,” so called, offered to sell the whole of township No. 15 and 18,000 acres in township 32 to the forest preserve board. Such offer and negotiations finally culminated in the hoard of forest preserve, on the 6th of August, ISO", passing a resolution accepting such offer of ilie…
1Opinion of the CourtHerrick, J.
The forest preserve, the Adirondack park, and what shall be embraced therein, are defined in chapter 395 of the Laws of 1895. By chapter 220 of the Laws of 1897, the governor of the state of New York was authorized to appoint three persons to constitute a board known as the “Forest Preserve Board.” Section 2 of that act provides that it shall be the duty of such board, and it is thereby authorized, “to acquire for the state, by purchase or otherwise, land struc- ' tures, "or waters or such portion thereof in the territory embraced in the Adirondack park, as defined and limited by the…
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- Matter of City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Matter of Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- In Re Rochester Water Commissioners to Acquire Lands of Rochester Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
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