LOWNDES v. HUNTINGTON

No. 117.

153 U.S. 1 (1894)

LOWNDES v. HUNTINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 16, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. Carter for plaintiff in error.

Mr. David B. Hill for defendants in error. (Mr. N.S. Ackerly, Mr. C.R. Street, and Mr. Thomas Young were with him on his brief.)


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The questions in this case are mainly of a local character, in respect to which the settled rule of decision in the courts of the State is controlling. They relate to the form of the action, the title of the plaintiff to submerged lands in Huntington Bay, and the special defences of the defendant.

By Rev. Stat. § 914, the practice...

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