Legal Opinion
People v. New York & Ontario Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 5, 1927PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Kirk, J.
The action is in ejectment to recover possession of certain lands in the bed of the St. Lawrence river, in the channel between Ogden island and the south shore, claimed by the defendants New York and Ontario Power Company, which we shall call the Power Company, and the Frontier Corporation.
The St. Lawrence river is a public navigable stream (Matter of Long Sault Development Co., 212 N. Y. 1), which at the place in question is the boundary stream between Canada and the State of New York. It is claimed that, due to a fall in the bed of the river, this channel of the St. Lawrence is not…
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