Lowndes v. Huntington
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. On September 1, 1888, the defendant in error commenced an action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the county of Suffolk.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. On September 1, 1888, the defendant in error commenced an action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the county of Suffolk. Its complaint alleged that “the trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the town of Huntington and their successors” were a body corporate, created and incorporated by and under three charters granted, the first by Bichará Nicolls, Governor General under James, Duke of York, of all his territories in America, and dated November 30,1666; the second by Thomas Dongan,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brewer,’
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The questions in this case are mainly of a local character, in respect to which the settled rule of decision in the courts of the State is controlling. They relate to the form of the action, the title of the plaintiff to submerged lands in Huntington Bay, and the special defences of the defendant.
By Rev. Stat: § 914, the practice, forms, and mode of proceedings in actions at law in the Federal courts are required to conform as nearly as may be to those in the state courts.
The present action is one in the nature of'…
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