Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. v. Mayor of Hoboken
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court. This was an action of ejectment. The case came on to trial at the Hudson Circuit, at the Term of October, 1871, before Justice Bedle and a jury. Several exceptions were taken during the trial of the cause, and the judgment of the Supreme Court was removed into this court by writ of error. The facts of the case fully appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
The action in this case is. in ejectment at the suit of the city, to recover a strip of land within the lines of Fourth street, in the city of Hoboken, between River street and the line of low water in the Hudson river, as it was when the suit was commenced. A part of the land in dispute was land above the ancient high-water line, but the greater portion was such as had been reclaimed by the defendants from the tide waters of the river.
The tract of land on which the city has been built, was formerly the property of Col. John'Stevens, and…
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