Matter of Thompson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made Hay 11, 1887, which affirmed an order of Special Term confirming the award of commissioners of appraisal appointed under the act, chapter 490, Laws of 1883, awarding damages for lands of Charles B. Meyer taken under said act. The material facts are stated in the opinion. This appeal is authorized by section 21, chapter 490, of the Laws of 1883. (Code Civ.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made Hay 11, 1887, which affirmed an order of Special Term confirming the award of commissioners of appraisal appointed under the act, chapter 490, Laws of 1883, awarding damages for lands of Charles B. Meyer taken under said act. The material facts are stated in the opinion. This appeal is authorized by section 21, chapter 490, of the Laws of 1883. (Code Civ. Pro. § 1337.) The damage resulting to the remainder of the appellant’s farm from the taking therefrom of land for the uses of the aqueduct…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
Proceedings were instituted under the act (Chap. 490 of the Laws of 1883) to acquire title to the lands of the appellant for the purposes mentioned in the act. Commissioners of appraisal were appointed and the appellant presented to them his claim for damages on account of the land taken. After a hearing, of which no complaint is made, the commissioners awarded to him the sum of $783.20. Their report was confirmed at the Special Term, and the order of the Special Term was affirmed at the General Term, and then the claimant appealed to this court, complaining that the award is Loo small.
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