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In Re Acquiring Title by the City of New York

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 17, 1913PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by Delia A. Finnegan from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered May 9, 1913, which confirmed the report of' a referee, vacated a prior order of said Appellate Division directing payment of an award in this proceeding to said Delia A. Finnegan, and directed her to repay to the chamberlain of the city of New York the sum of $10,903.98 received by her under the order so vacated.

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Appeal by Delia A. Finnegan from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered May 9, 1913, which confirmed the report of' a referee, vacated a prior order of said Appellate Division directing payment of an award in this proceeding to said Delia A. Finnegan, and directed her to repay to the chamberlain of the city of New York the sum of $10,903.98 received by her under the order so vacated. Appeal by William L. Bailey and others from so much, of said order of the Appellate Division, entered May 9, 1913, as confirmed such part of the…

1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.

This was a proceeding to acquire lands in the borough of Brooklyn for use as a storage yard for the department of highways. Commissioners of estimate were duly appointed whose report, which was confirmed hy the Supreme Court on November 29, 1904, awarded to unknown owners $750 for damage parcel No. 5, as designated on the commissioners’ map, and $8,925 for damage parcel No. G. These amounts were thereupon duly paid into court, where they remained until 1909, when Delia A. Finnegan, the appellant herein, presented a petition to the Appellate Division alleging that she was the owner of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Clark v. . ScovillNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
  2. In re the Counsel to the Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Albert J. Cadorette v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  2. In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
  3. In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  4. In re the Estate of LevyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
  5. White v. SebringAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930

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