Legal Opinion
In re Acquiring Title by the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 17, 1940PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
This is an appeal by claimants in a condemnation proceeding which raises solely the question of the rate of interest to be paid by the city of New York on awards for property taken from the date of vesting of title to the time of the payment of the awards. The proceedings were instituted by resolution of the board of estimate, dated March 31, 1938. Title vested on April 25, 1938. A tentative decree fixing damage was entered on June 20, 1939, but the final decree was not signed until December 29,1939.
In the meantime, on July 1, 1939, chapter 594 of the Laws of 1939, adding section 3-a to the…
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