Legal Opinion
Island Development Co. v. McGeorge
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 23, 1928No. 3652PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff had judgment and the defendants sued out this writ of error. As the case must be tried again we shall state the issues in detail and discuss all questions raised by the assignments of error.
Percy McGeorge brought this action of ejectment against the Island Development Company and Altantic Brigantine Bridge Company to recover land known as Boot Island, being one of many islands which form the broken shore line of New Jersey. The tract is meadow land, uncultivated and uninhabited, covered in part by every high tide and completely covered by every storm tide.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fletcher v. FullerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Erie Railroad v. HiltSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Troth v. SmithSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1902
- Grassman v. BadgleyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1919
- Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities v. Philadelphia Inquirer Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by2 opinions
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