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In re the City of New York

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

Decided December 11, 1942PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.

This is an appeal by numerous property owners who have been assessed for benefit, from a decree in condemnation proceedings initiated by The City of New York to acquire title to the elevated railroad known as the Sixth Avenue Line, which was part of the railway system owned by the Manhattan Railway Company. A third of the cost of acquisition was assessed against the real estate in a local area, the limits of which were fixed by the Board of Estimate of the City of New York. This area extended back one hundred feet from the streets and avenue on which the railway was located. The two remaining…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Londoner v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Roberts v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Matter of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1934

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Terminal v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  2. In re the City of New York Relative to Acquiring Title to Real Property in the Borough of ManhattanNew York Supreme Court · 1964
  3. In re Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
  4. In re Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1965
  5. One Fifty-seven Prince Street Corp. v. MicheliniNew York Supreme Court · 1945

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