Legal Opinion
People v. American Sugar Refining Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1917PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Motion for judgment on the pleadings.
1Opinion of the CourtKelby, J.
In this suit the attorney-general asks a decree vacating certain letters patent, or grants, to lands under the waters of the East river, between South First and South Fifth streets in the part of Brooklyn known as Williamsburg. These lands are used by the defendant, together with the adjacent upland which it owns, in its business of sugar refining, buildings of many stories being erected thereon.
There are eight of these letters patent, three issued in 1868-1869, three in 1875, and two in 1883-1884. Those first mentioned are for the purposes as recited “ of promoting the commerce of the state,…
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- Williams v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
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