Somerville v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Action to determine whether land under water in Graves-end bay belongs to the state of New York or to the city of New York as successor to the town of Gravesend.
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
While this action is brought to restrain the city of Hew York and the commissioner of docks of said city from interfering with the erection and construction of a bulkhead by the plaintiffs on their land under water, it is really an action to determine whether the land under water in Gravesend bay belongs to the state of Hew York or to the city of Hew York as the successor to the town of Gravesend. Gravesend bay is formed by a neck of land running out on the south known as Coney Island and bounded on the east and north by Gravesend and Hew Utrecht. It is by no means a land locked harbor or bay…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Consolidated Ice Co. v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Kingsland v. ChittendenNew York Supreme Court · 1872
- McFarlane v. KerrThe Superior Court of New York City · 1863
3Cited by8 opinions
- Harway Improvement Co. v. PartridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Nevins v. FriedauerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- In re City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- City of New York v. Brooklyn Borough Gas Co.New York Supreme Court · 1951
- Nevins v. FriedauerNew York Supreme Court · 1920
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