People Ex Rel. Blakslee v. Commissioners of Land Office
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, made May 12, 1891, which affirmed proceedings of the commissioners of the land office granting land under water of the Hudson nver to the E. G. Blakslee Manufacturing Company. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The E. G. Blakslee Manufacturing Company’s lot of land Ho. 1 gave them no riparian rights whatever.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, made May 12, 1891, which affirmed proceedings of the commissioners of the land office granting land under water of the Hudson nver to the E. G. Blakslee Manufacturing Company. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The E. G. Blakslee Manufacturing Company’s lot of land Ho. 1 gave them no riparian rights whatever. It did not make them the adjacent proprietor of any upland. (1 R. S. [7th ed.] 573, § 67.) The E. G. Blakslee Manufacturing Company was not the proprietor of the adjacent…
1Opinion of the Court
Eabl, Ch. J.
The E. Gr. Blakeslee Manufacturing Company made application to the commissioners of the land office for a grant of certain land under the water of the Hudson river, and based its application on the ground that it was the owner of the adjacent upland, and the grant was made. The relator then instituted this proceeding by certiorari to review and reverse the action of the commissioners on the ground that the grant was made in violation of the Revised Statutes, which give the commissioners power to make such grants, but provide that “■ no such grant shall be made to any person other…
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