Burrell v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Fenella Burrell, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of December, 1913, dismissing her complaint upon the merits on the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a suit in equity to cancel an award made by the board of assessors pursuant to the provisions of chapter 460 of the Laws of 1904. The award was for damages to the plaintiff’s buildings, Nos. 198, 200 and 202 Delancey street, and 72, 74 and 76 Ridge street, borough of Manhattan, New York, caused by a change of the grade of Delancey street for the approach to the new East River bridge. Section 1 of the statute provides that where the grade of any street or avenue has been changed *246to conform to the location and construction of the new East River bridge, “ the board of…
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