Legal Opinion
People v. New York Transit & Terminal Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1922PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Suit to set aside letters patent to certain land under water.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This is an action brought by the attorney-general in the name of the People of the State of New York to set aside letters patent issued in 1823 to James Swan, upon the ground that the patentee was not the owner of the lands adjacent to the land under water comprised in the letters patent at the time of their issuance.
It appears that Swan held his lands under title derived from one Van Duzer. While the deeds speak of the lands as “ fronting on the bay of Hudson’s river,” they'are also described as being bounded in front “ by the public highway,” and the fact is that there was a strip between…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Whitman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- The People v. . ClarkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- People Ex Rel. Banks v. . ColgateNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Hamlin v. PeopleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- People v. American Sugar Refining Co.New York Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by2 opinions
- Matter of City of New York (Upper N.Y. Bay)New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- People v. New York Transit & Terminal Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923