New York Court of Appeals February 13, 1877 (Trustees of East Hampton v. . Kirk)

Allen, J.

It must he assumed that the premises in controversy, parcel of a large tract included in the same grant, were granted to the trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the town of East Hampton, by Governor Dongan, by patent issued in 1686, and that the grant was in trust and for the use of the inhabitants of the town mentioned.