In re the Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by The American Ice Company from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of June, 1905, confirming the report of commissioners of estimate and assessment filed in said clerk’s office on the 5th day of Mav, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
In furtherance of the plan to improve the water front of the city of Hew'York, as authorized by chapter 137 of 'the Laws of 1870, as amended by chapter 574 of the Laws of 1871 and the amendatory acts thereof, the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of that city, acting by the department of docks, >on the 31st of December, 1894, instituted condemnation proceedings under chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882 and the acts amending the same, to acquire the lands under water and wharf property on the Horth river, situated between West Forty-second and West Forty-third streets, bounded northerly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Langdon v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Forty-second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907