Legal Opinion
Appleby v. . City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 17, 1923PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
This is an action to restrain the city of New York and other defendants from interfering in any way with the use and enjoyment of plaintiffs’ lands under the water of the Hudson river between Thirty ninth and Fortieth, streets and between Fortieth and Forty-second streets, outshore of Twelfth avenue in the borough of Manhattan.
Title to the premises was vested in the city of New York by grants under the Colonial Charter of Governor Dongan in 1686. By chapter 115, Laws of 1807, the commissioners of the land office were directed to issue letters patent to the city granting to it all the right…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Langdon v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty of Brookhaven v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Lewis Blue Point Oyster Cultivation Co. v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Riviera Ass'n v. Town of North HempsteadNew York Supreme Court · 1967
- White, Gratwick & Mitchell, Inc. v. Empire Engineering Co.New York Supreme Court · 1923
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