In re the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Separate appeals by the Woodward-Brown Realty Company and others from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 14th day of February, 1917, confirming the report of commissioners in proceedings to condemn property for the purpose of a public park located on the southeasterly side of Hell Gate in Queens county, city of New York.
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Separate appeals by the Woodward-Brown Realty Company and others from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 14th day of February, 1917, confirming the report of commissioners in proceedings to condemn property for the purpose of a public park located on the southeasterly side of Hell Gate in Queens county, city of New York. The appeal of the Woodward-Brown Realty Company also seeks to bring up for review an interlocutory order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of August,…
1Per curiam
We see no reason for disturbing the award on the question of values, and, except for the well-founded claim of appellant Juilliard that he is entitled to an award for his interest in the land running directly to him, the order might have been affirmed without modification.
The commissioners were right in deciding that the evidence did not disclose an intent on the part of the owner to dedicate the land for park purposes, nor to subject it to a servitude for that purpose in favor of purchasers by deeds describing the land conveyed to them by reference to a map showing the property as a public…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
3Cited by9 opinions
- Matter of City of New York (Houghton Ave.)New York Court of Appeals · 1934
- City of Detroit v. Fidelity Realty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1921
- In re City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- In re HolmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- Woodward-Brown Realty Co. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
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