Tiffany v. Town of Oyster Bay
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the Town of Oyster Bay and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 7th day of January, 1909, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial' at the Nassau Special Term, continuing a preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
Plaintiff is the owner of certain uplands, situated upon a neck of land known as Cove neck, which lies between two-, bodies of water, one of which is known as Oyster bay and the other as Cold Spring harbor, sometimes called Cold Spring bay. Plaintiff’s lands are adjacent to the last named waters. On the 30th of March, 1905, by letters patent dated on that day, the People of the State of New York granted to him the land under water in front of his uplands. These letters patent contained a recital that they were issued to him for the following purposes: “To erect on the land under…
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- Langdon v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- City of Buffalo v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Robins v. . AckerlyNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- City of Buffalo v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Town of North Hempstead v. EldridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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