Case Name: Nichols Copper Company, Respondent, v. Maurice E. Connolly, as President of the Borough of Queens, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-03-31
Citations: 240 N.Y. 596
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nichols Copper Company, Respondent, v. Maurice E. Connolly, as President of the Borough of Queens, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 596–596

Head Matter:
Nichols Copper Company, Respondent, v. Maurice E. Connolly, as President of the Borough of Queens, et al., Appellants.
(Argued March 2, 1925;
decided March 31, 1925.)
Real property — ■ title— New York city — streets — alleged offer of dedication and acceptance — action to enjoin trespass upon lands claimed by defendants to have been dedicated and accepted as 'city streets.
Nichols Copper Co. v. Connolly, 208 App. Div. 667, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment, entered August 6, 1924, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term and directing judgment in favor of plaintiff. _ The action is for an injunction to restrain the .defendants, their servants and agents from trespassing upon lands claimed to be owned by the plaintiff and removing or interfering with buildings or other property on said premises. Defendants claimed that the land in dispute was public streets of the city of New York, claiming an offer of dedication and acceptance.
George P. Nicholson, Corporation Counsel (John F. O’Brien, Joel J. Squier, Elliot S. Benedict, Robert J. Culhane and Rollin H. Reid of counsel), for appellants.
Nathan L. Miller, Harley L. Stowell and Arthur W. Mattson for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: His cook, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane, Andrews and Lehman, JJ.