The controversy before the court is contemporary, but the issues are of ancient and regal vintage. The plaintiff is a taxpayer of the Town of Islip and brings suit to annul a lease between the defendants, Town of Islip and Shellfish, Inc., which covers 338.5 acres of land under the waters of the Great South Bay, and grants the lessee the use of the bay bottom for planting and cultivating shellfish.
The town is charged, and this...
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