Rockefeller v. Lamora
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Rockefeller, from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin county in favor of the defendant,, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Franklin on the 2d day of January, 1903, upon a nonsuit granted by the court after a trial before the court and a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 16th day of December, 1902, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The plaintiff is the owner of about 50,000 acres of Adirondack forest lands, being the greater portion of townships 16 and 17 in great tract Ho. 1 of Macomb’s purchase in the southern part of Franklin county.
The St. Regis river, which flows northwesterly into the St. Lawrence, has its source, in three branches, in this vicinity. What is termed the Middle branch rises in the St. Regis lakes, situate in township 18, which joins township 17 on the east, and flows for several miles through the plaintiff’s lands. On the easterly side of township 17 is a considerable body of water…
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