Legal Opinion
Town of Smithtown v. Brooklyn Gun Club
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 1968PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John P. Cohalan, Jr., J.
This is a proceeding under article 15 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law. At issue is the location and ownership of 11 Aaron’s Landing ”, a 90-rod strip of land running along the west side of the Nissequogue River in the Town of Smithtown, including land between high- and low-water marks.
In the composite of its complaint, of oral argument at trial, and of briefs submitted to the court, the town traces its claim back to the year 1735 (complaint) and beyond that to Richard (Bull) Smith, (1665 and 1677) colonial patentee; and, in effect, contends that the…
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