B.M. Co. v. . B.S.I. Works

The land in controversy was formerly land under water of the Hudson river, embraced in a patent from the state issued to the plaintiff on the 18th day of March, 1889, pursuant to a resolution of the commissioners of the land office under the provisions of the Revised Statutes (1 R.S. 208, § 67), as amended by chapter 283 of the Laws of 1850.

The defendant claims title to the locus in quo, under certain mesne conveyances from Reuben Quimby. The defendant also sets up as a defense an outstanding title to a portion of the premises in controversy in one Elijah Hunter and his grantees under a…