O'Reilly v. City of Kingston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Cecelia B. O’Reilly, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 24th day of November, 1915, dismissing the complaint upon the decision of the court after a trial before the court, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, P. J.:
This action was brought to remove a cloud upon the plaintiff’s title to certain real estate, arising from an assessment made by the city for local improvements. The defendant’s council authorized the improvements and directed that they be made by contract and that twenty-five per cent of the cost of the work be paid by a general tax upon the city and that seventy-five per cent be defrayed by special assessment upon the property benefited. Pursuant to public notice bids were received and the plaintiff’s son was the successful bidder and received a contract for the work upon his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. O'Reilly v. Common Council of KingstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Heaton v. City of CohoesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935