Ennis v. Grover

Under the general rule that a gTant in gross is never presumed v hen it can he fairly construed as appurtenant to some other estate, it is quite clear that the wharfage rights in question were appurtenant to the land granted to William Hockman by the city of Hew York in 1847. Wharfage rights may constitute an easement in gross as was the pase in Mayor, etc. v. Law, 125 N. Y. 392, but there the grantee did not own the upland at the point in controversy, and the court held, in view of the circumstances of the case, that the intention was to create an interest in the wharf which the grantee…