Nicoll v. Trustees
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill, which was filed in May, 1806, stated that letters patent were granted, on the 4th of June, 1688, to William Nicoll, the ancestor of the plaintiff, “ for all those islands, and small isles of sandy land and marshes, or meadow ground, with the appurtenances, situate, lying, and being on the south side of Long Island, between the Inlet, or Gut, commonly called Huntington Gut, and the lands of the said Nicoll, at a certain river called Conetqunt, in the bay, or sound,…
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THE bill, which was filed in May, 1806, stated that letters patent were granted, on the 4th of June, 1688, to William Nicoll, the ancestor of the plaintiff, “ for all those islands, and small isles of sandy land and marshes, or meadow ground, with the appurtenances, situate, lying, and being on the south side of Long Island, between the Inlet, or Gut, commonly called Huntington Gut, and the lands of the said Nicoll, at a certain river called Conetqunt, in the bay, or sound, that is, between the firm land of Long Island and the beach, together with all and singular, the lands, meadows,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The foundation of the bill is the legal right of the plaintiff to the three islands in dispute; and his claim to the assistance of this court arises from the peculiar state of the property, and the oppressive nature of the litigation which it involves. His case states a proper ground of equitable jurisdiction, and if the title he sets up was sufficiently established at law, before he came here, or was *176since established to the satisfaction of this court, either upon its own view of the testimony, or by verdict, upon one or more issues, to be awarded to its discretion, it would…
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