Warwick v. Mayor of New York

By the Court.*—Sutherland, J.

—The complaint in this action appears to be a sort of fishing complaint. The plaintiff spreads a broad net. If he cannot get any thing for his own individual benefit, he then goes for the, benefit of all the tax-payers of the city of Hew York.

He claims that, as the proprietor in 1837 of a certain lot of land bounded on West-street, in the city of Hew York, he is entitled to a grant in fee from the corporation of the city of Hew York of certain lands under water adjoining said lot, and prays that such a grant to him, individually, be directed to be made; but if he…