Lane v. Tilton
New York Supreme Court
Action for damages for a trespass by the defendant on the oyster bed of the plaintiff in Tiana Bay, town of Southampton, Suffolk Go., N. T. The trustees of the common lands of the town leased the land under water on which the oyster bed was to the plaintiff in June, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
Pursuant to the provisions of colonial Governor Dongan’s confirmatory patent dated December 10th, 1686, to the freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Southampton, and of local acts chapter 155 of the laws of 1818 and chapter 283 of the laws of 1831, Trustees of the Freeholders *215and Commonalty of the town of Southampton continued to he elected annually on the first Tuesday of April at the place appointed -.by such trustees to have charge and management of the common or undivided lands of the town; until by act chapter 133 of the laws of 1902 it was provided that beginning with…
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