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In re The Mayor of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 15, 1897PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Motion to confirm the report of the commissioners of estimate.

1Opinion of the Court

Rumsey, J.:

It was provided by chapter 746 of the Laws of 1894, which took effect on the twenty-second day of May in that year, that certain pieces of land situate in the twelfth ward in the city of Hew York, and which were particularly described in the act by metes and bounds, “ or so much thereof as the commissioners to be appointed under the provisions of this act shall deem advisable to be acquired,” were thereby declared to be a public place and a public park for public use and public purposes. The statute proceeded to direct that an application should be made by the mayor to this court…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Forster v. . ScottNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Matter Appl'n Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. In re Department of Public ParksNew York Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Champlain Stone & Sand Co. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  2. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  3. In re The City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  4. In re Town of East HamptonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. Stevens v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1909

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