Braisted v. Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the-clerk of the county of Kings on the 25th day of March, 1891, confirming the report of a referee and adjudging the said defendant guilty of contempt of court for disobeying an injunction order dated the 8th day of August, 1896, and imposing a fine of $1,000 for the violation of the said order.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:. The plaintiff and the appellant are the owners of adjacent tracts of land fronting upon Jamaica Bay. The appellant erected a bulkhead in front of its- upland, and entered into a contract with the defendant Packard for dredging the bay in front of the bulkhead and for filling in the land in rear of the bulkhead with the material taken from the bay. The plaintiff brought this action, complaining that, by the operations of the defendants, the beach in front of his land was covered with refuse matter and mud, and praying for an injunction. After a hearing an order was made by the…
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