People ex rel. Hall v. Maher
New York Supreme Court
Certiorari to review the determination of the board of contract and apportionment of the city of Albany in letting a contract for the grading and paving of Delaware avenue, in that city, with Trinidad asphalt, to the National Vulcanite Company.
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
Chapter 319, Laws 1888, § 5, provides: “The provisions •of the charter of the city of Albany as to ordinary repairs to granite block, or other kind of square stone, pavement, shall apply to the Trinidad asphalt pavement, if selected by the property owners, to be laid on Delaware avenue. ” Whether or not this section is a violation of article 3, § 17, of the constitution, is a question which has not been raised before us; and we therefore do not decide it. People v. Squire, 107 N. Y. 602, 14 N. E. Rep. 820. And we shall assume the constitutionality of this provision.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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