Clarke Estate v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John Clarke Estate, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 17th day of July, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of a verdict, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of July, 1913, denying plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
Plaintiff, in possession of certain land originally below high-water mark in Flushing bay, brings this action against the city of New York, as successor to the town of Newtown. (Laws of 1897, chap. 378, §§ 1, 8.) It- alleges that defendant unjustly claims an interest in said land and seeks to quiet its own title thereto. On September 30, 1897, the Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of New York adopted a resolution to the effect that about twenty and one-half acres of land lying between uplands fronting on Flushing bay, then belonging to John Clarke, plaintiff’s predecessor…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Trustees of Brookhaven v. . StrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y. v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty of Southampton v. Mecox Bay Oyster Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People ex rel. Underhill v. SaxtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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