In re the City of New York

We are here concerned with the question of title to certain damage parcels (Nos. 6, 7A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 131). Special Term held that title to those parcels, which it found were under water, was in the city for the reasons that: (1) the patent from Governor Kieft to Throckmorton, through whom the claimant asserts title, could not be considered to have granted any land under water; (2) the land under water was, accordingly, conveyed to the Town of Westchester, the city’s predecessor in title, by Governor Nicolls; and (3) the Dock Department mean high-water mark of 1897…