Legal Opinion
Tiffany v. . Town of Oyster Bay
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1922PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Plaintiff had asserted rights to lands below high-water mark, adjacent to his spacious residential estate on Oyster Bay along the westerly shore of Cold Spring Harbor, under a grant from the state of New York made to him by the commissioners of the land office. The validity of this grant was challenged by the town, and was in a former action sustained in the trial court and by the Appellate Division. (Tiffany v. Town of Oyster Bay, 141 App. Div. 720.) On appeal the judgment in his favor was reversed on a holding that the waters'of Cold Spring Harbor were included in the Governor Andros…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Asche v. . AscheNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People v. . Steeplechase Park Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Tiffany v. . Town of Oyster BayNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by57 opinions
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