Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Archibald R. Watson, Corporation Counsel ( Theodore Connoly Charles D. Olendorf of counsel), for Edmund L. Baylies Edwin D. Bechtel for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of the Application of the CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant, Relative to Acquiring Title to Lands Required for the Improvement of the Water Front on the East River. JAMES E. WARD COMPANY, Respondent. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., HAIGHT, VANN, WERNER, WILLARD BARTLETT, HISCOCK and CHASE, JJ.