In re Mayor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by The City of New York, the successor of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, 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 13th day of December, 1899, denying a motion to confirm the report of commissioners of estimate and assessment, appointed in a proceeding to lay out Whitlock avenue in the city of New York:
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The city of New York appeals from an order made at Special Term denying a motion to confirm the report of the commissioners in the above-entitled matter, and sending such report back to them for correction in certain, particulars. The proceeding was begun in the year 1894. The .'commissioners were appointed in August, 1895. The proceeding was then regulated' and controlled by the provisions of the Consolidation Act and continued to be so controlled until January 1, 1898, when the Greater New York charter went into operation. Title to the land to be taken for the purposes of the…
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- People Ex Rel. Griffin v. Mayor of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- In re Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- In re of the Application of The Mayor, Aldermen & CommonaltyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- In re Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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