McGIBNEY v. WAUCOMA YACHT CLUB, INC.


149 Conn. 560 (1962)

EDWARD J. MCGIBNEY v. THE WAUCOMA YACHT CLUB, INC.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. James, for the appellant (defendant).

John J. Kinney, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Frank J. Kinney, Jr., for the appellee (plaintiff).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, SHEA and ALCORN, JS.


KING, J.

The Quinnipiac River runs in a generally southerly direction through the town of New Haven into New Haven harbor. The main channel, in the area in question, is in about the middle of the river, which is navigable. The defendant, for about forty years, has owned land on the westerly bank of the river, abutting, and immediately south of, land which the plaintiff, between 1935 and 1952, leased from Elijah E. Ball and which he purchased from Ball in 1952. Continuously...

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