Mar 27, 2012 5:10 PM
A State Supreme Court justice has ruled in favor of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe’s claim to property at Georgica Beach that the East Hampton Town Trustees had claimed on behalf of the public.
In a March 2 decision, New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas F. Whelan ruled that the Macklowes’ property extends as far toward the ocean as the line of beach grass, as they had claimed. The Trustees had challenged the legitimacy of an “ambulatory” natural feature such as beach grass in defining the boundaries of the disputed property.
When the Macklowes purchased their land on West End Road in East Hampton Village in 1992, Ms. Macklowe walked the property and found that the line of beach grass, which had been used to define the southern property line, was between... more
In a March 2 decision, New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas F. Whelan ruled that the Macklowes’ property extends as far toward the ocean as the line of beach grass, as they had claimed. The Trustees had challenged the legitimacy of an “ambulatory” natural feature such as beach grass in defining the boundaries of the disputed property.
When the Macklowes purchased their land on West End Road in East Hampton Village in 1992, Ms. Macklowe walked the property and found that the line of beach grass, which had been used to define the southern property line, was between... more
