People ex rel. Knox v. Village of Yonkers
New York Supreme Court
THIS case comes up on return to a certiorari, brought to review the proceedings of the trustees of the village of Yonkers, in respect to grading the extension of Warburton" avenue and building a bridge thereon, over the Heperhan or Sawmill river, in said village.
Read the full summary
THIS case comes up on return to a certiorari, brought to review the proceedings of the trustees of the village of Yonkers, in respect to grading the extension of Warburton" avenue and building a bridge thereon, over the Heperhan or Sawmill river, in said village. At a special meeting of the board of trustees of the village, duly called and held June' 28, 1860, at which the president and all the trustees were present, a petition of nine citizens was presented, praying that the proposed work be put under contract and completed. The petition was referred to the street committee. At the regular…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Brown, J.
This is a common law certiorari, brought to review the proceedings of the trustees of the village of Yonkers, in respect to the grading the extension of Warburton avenue, and building a bridge thereon over the N eperhan river in said village. Riverdale avenue runs from the south bounds of the village north to the south bank of the river. Warburton avenue commences at the north bounds of the village and runs in a southerly direction to the Neper*269han, and across the same to its south bank. This river runs westerly to the Hudson, dividing the village, and the intended effect…
2Cited by7 opinions
- City of Leavenworth v. MillsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- People ex rel. Locke v. Common Council of RochesterNew York Supreme Court · 1871
- People ex rel. Keeffe v. Board of Town Auditors of QueensburyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Montgomery v. O'DellNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Scott v. City of JamestownNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1928
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.