New York Court of Appeals

Louis C. Tiffany, Respondent v. Town of Oyster Bay, Appellants

July 12, 1922234 N.Y. 15

Summary

The Court affirmed the lower court’s judgment, modifying it to remove the phrase "or any other structures whatever" and holding that the plaintiff retains his riparian rights despite the unauthorized fill, and that the town may not erect bath houses on the filled land that would interfere with those rights.