Gearty v. Mayor of New York

The property in question does not appear to have been taken by the defendants for any special use. There is nothing in the act authorizing the defendant to acquire the title which directs its use. The title of the act is in these words: “An act to vest certain lands, tenements and hereditaments in the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York, for certain purposes.” What these purposes are is not declared.

The title was acquired, in the manner and by the proceedings prescribed in the act entitled, An act to vest certain lands, *34&c., in the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city…