Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) William B. Ellison, Corporation Counsel ( Theodore Connoly, Charles D. Olendorf Thomas F. Noonan of counsel), for Joel J. Squier James A. Deering 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 Lands for the Improvement of the Water Front. WILLIAM P. COLLINS et al., as Executors of WILLIAM COLLINS, Deceased, Respondents. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., O'BRIEN, EDWARD T. BARTLETT, HAIGHT, VANN, HISCOCK and CHASE, JJ.