In re the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the petitioner, Augustus Van Cortlandt, individually and as executor, and by 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 Bronx on the 10th day of September, 1915. The order directed that the commissioners of estimate in a pending proceeding to open Newton avenue ascertain and determine the compensation to be made to Augustus Van Cortlandt, individually and…
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Cross-appeals by the petitioner, Augustus Van Cortlandt, individually and as executor, and by 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 Bronx on the 10th day of September, 1915. The order directed that the commissioners of estimate in a pending proceeding to open Newton avenue ascertain and determine the compensation to be made to Augustus Van Cortlandt, individually and as executor, for the extinguishment of easements incident to the closing of Albany Post road, by the filing of section…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The application to the court made on the 12th day of July, 1915, which resulted in the order from which both parties appeal, was made by Van Cortlandt pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of chapter 1006 of the Laws of 1895.
On the 2d day of November, 1895, the commissioner of street improvements of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards *34of the city of New York filed final maps and profiles of those wards pursuant to the provisions of chapter 545 of the Laws of 1890, as amended, and his action was ratified by chapter 712 of the Laws of 1896. Prior to that time a street, of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- In re the Mayor, Aldermen & CommonaltyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- In re Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Matter of Mayor, Aldermen Commonalty of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Matter of City of N.Y. (Grand Boulevard)New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- In Re Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
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- Misener v. City of SyracuseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
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