Town of Islip v. . Estates of Havemeyer Point
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 22, 1916, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
Under colonial patents the town of Huntington originally owned in fee a strip of land in Suffolk county lying between the ocean and Great South bay, known as Short Beach. In 1818 it ceded this beach to the town of Islip, and in 1857 any interest of the state therein was also granted to the same town. The act by which this was done (Laws of 1857, chap. 503) provided that the electors of the town should choose at each annual (now biennial) town meeting three trustees “ who shall have charge of the lands of said town, under such rules and regulations as may from time to time be made by said…
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