In re Gilroy
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Westchester county. Application by Thomas F. Gilroy, as commissioner of public works of the city of New York, to acquire certain real estate in the town of Carmel, Putnam county. From an order confirming the report of the commissioners, and from an order denying a motion to set the report aside, Mary M. Gouverneur and others appeal. R6V6rs6d
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
This proceeding was instituted in 1891, by the commissioners of public works of the city of New York, to acquire certain real estate in the town of Carmel, in Putnam county, for the maintenance, preservation, and increase of the supply of pure and wholesome water for the city. It related originally chiefly to the fee of the land under water constituting the bed of Lake Gilead; but it was also designed to extinguish any adverse claims which might exist in reference to a number of other pieces of property in Putnam and Westchester counties, which the municipal authorities of New York had…
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