Legal Opinion
Matter of City of New York (Exterior St.)
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1941PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This is a condemnation proceeding involving the acquisition by the city of New York of certain property rights possessed by the owners of lands which abut upon the Mott Haven Canal.
For a long period of years Mott Haven Canal was maintained as a navigable, private waterway extending from the bulkhead line of the Harlem river at One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street northerly to One Hundred and Forty-fourth street between Park and Rider avenues in the borough of The Bronx. As the canal was peculiarly adapted to water-borne commerce in coal and bulk materials the owners of abutting lands, to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bohm v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Newman v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Matter of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Pouch v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Orinoco Realty Co. v. . BandlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
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3Cited by27 opinions
- St. Agnes Cemetery v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Matter of Urban Renewal [Patchen Post]New York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Gilmore v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1955
- Board of Supervisors v. Sherlo Realty, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1961
- In re City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1955
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