In re the Mayor of New-York
New York Supreme Court
The report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment in relation to the comtemplated measure being presented for confirmation, objections were interposed on behalf of Cornelius T. Williams, the owner of the principal part of the lands required for the purpose of opening the avenue and continuing the stieets, whose benefits were estimated at $19,275. The facts of the case, adverted to in the opinion of the court, supersede the necessity of here stating them.
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The report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment in relation to the comtemplated measure being presented for confirmation, objections were interposed on behalf of Cornelius T. Williams, the owner of the principal part of the lands required for the purpose of opening the avenue and continuing the stieets, whose benefits were estimated at $19,275. The facts of the case, adverted to in the opinion of the court, supersede the necessity of here stating them. The case was argued by
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sutherland, J.
Various objections are made by Mr. Williams to the confirmation of the reports made by the commissioners of estimate and assessment in each of the above cases. But it is unnecessary for us to express an opinion upon the specific objection in each case, as one of the grounds on which the confirmation of the report is opposed is applicable to all the cases, and is, in the opinion of the court, such as to render it proper to send them all back to the commissioners for re-consideration.
Mr. Williams owns by far the largest portion of the property through which these…
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