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Showing posts with label Elizabeth DeLancey. Show all posts

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Account of Early Judicial Decision Relating to Ownership of Land Beneath Coastal Waters of City Island

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Occasionally I have written about legal disputes that have arisen concerning ownership of the land beneath certain coastal waters surrounding City Island when it was part of the Town of Pelham.  For examples, see:

Monday, November 27, 2006:  The 19th Century

Monday, September 7, 2009

More on the Ejectment of Henry Piepgras from Land Beneath the Waters Surrounding City Island

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In the late 19th Century, land values in and around City Island were soaring. One consequence was a multi-year litigation by Elizabeth Delancey and John Hunter (children of Des Brosses Hunter) to "eject" City Island's largest shipyard owner from the use of land