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Ignatz Leszkowicz, ^^[1]
1893 - 1981

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  Birth	1 Feb 1893	Poland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	BY 1924	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  	duck farmer
  	Address: Old Stump road
  	He was a partner with his brother Joseph (John) Leszkowski in the Leszkowicz duck farm.
  Census	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	Address: Railroad avenue [modern Old Stump road]
  	He was living with in the household of his brother, Joseph. He was single and a superintendent at a duck farm.
  Name	Egnats Leskowicz  [7]
  	The family name was recorded as Leszkowicz on gravestones, but frequently appears as Leskowicz (without the first "z") in many historical records, including deeds. Ignatz's name was frequently spelled as Egnats, including some deeds.
  Died	Jul 1981	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I14253	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	[f.\ Joseph] Leszkowicz, >
  Mother	[m.\ Joseph] [Leszkowicz], >
  Family ID	F5212	Group Sheet

  
  

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  [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 416.0.. [S6] SS Death Index, SS # 089-32-4658. [S652] Suffolk County Deed Records, L-1117, p. 136; Horatio Ogden Nelson et al to Egnats Leskowicz and John Leskowicz; 8 October 1924. It is clear by the description in the deed that the Joseph and Ignatz Leszkowicz farm was already established by 1924, and that this land purchase added to it. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 5 Dec 1946, p. 31.. "The Leskowicz duck farm, which is the third largest on the Island is also situated here [Brookhaven hamlet] ..." [S97] Historic Structure Survey, Leszkowicz Duck Farm: http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/BuildingInventoryForm.aspx?InventoryCode=Br36.105-S. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 24 May 1945, p. 12. Judge Steinbrink Finds Duck Ranch Is Not Nuisance Turns Down Michelsen Move Against Leskowiczs Agrees Proximity To Summer Home, Brookhaven, May Be Annoying—Cites Zone Rule, Known Conditions A decision handed down by Supreme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink in special term, Riverhead, last week in the action of Michelsen vs. Leskowicz, holds that a duck ranch is not a legal nuisance, even though its sounds or smell may annoy some neighbor and reduce the value of neighboring property for residential purposes. The judge dismissed the injunction and damage action brought by Rolf T. Michelsen and City Bank-Farmers Trust company, trustees under the will of the late Rasmus Michelsen, and Mrs. Bernadine Michelsen, the widow, against John Leskowicz and Egnats Leskowicz, operators of a large duck farm at Brookhaven. The Michelsen summer home occupies a site on lower Little Neck creek and Carman's or Connecticut river, above the foot of Beaver Dam road. The duck farm lies nearby to the northwest, along Little Neck run, east of Railroad avenue. The decision emphasizes the fact that the area has been zoned for such purposes since 1937. The Michelsen and Leskowicz families have both been residents of Brookhaven for a long time. The plaintiffs had sought a permanent injunction against the operation of the duck farm, and $100,000 damages. It was argued by the plaintiffs that the duck farmers had polluted and diverted Little Neck run, and had trespassed on the Michelsen property by erecting of posts and wire fences. Some excerpts from the decision follow: "On the evidence and a view of the property, it is quite convincing that for residence purposes plaintiffs properties have no great value. The local authorities of the Town of Brookhaven in 1937 zoned the property along Little Neck Creek so that the business of duck farms might lawfully be conducted there. This business, conducted as it is, is a lawful one, lawfully and reasonably carried on .... "To destroy the defendants' business would not only inflict great loss upon them, but would neither add to the value of plaintiffs' property nor make the building and property at the southerly end of the creek more desirable for residential purposes. Equity will not aid doubtful rights. "When the plaintiff selected her home or her property, which is not claimed to be occupied the year around, she might well expect the incidents of country life. She might not expect that the circumambient air would be altogether free from either the quacking of ducks or the occasional odors therefrom. She had to recognize that she could quiet the occasional duck sounds, or purify the air or the stream by holding defendants' business within the radius of her absolute comfort. "When, as in this case, she came to this quarter of the Town of Brookhaven where duck business had long been maintained, she was bound to recognize the conditions and the incidents thereof, for there is a recognized distinction between that which annoys and that that which injures. The unreasonable use that constitutes, a nuisance cannot be declared as by a hard and fast rule. What would be a nuisance in one place might afford no just ground for complaint in another." Legal notice of this suit was originally published in the Patchogue Advance 28 Spt 1944, p. 12, and 12 Oct 1944, p. 13. [S652] Suffolk County Deed Records, L-1117, p. 136; Sale Horatio Nelson et al to Egnats & John Leskowicz; 8 October 1924.