Legal Opinion

In re the City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 2, 1916PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Separate appeals by the petitioners, Uriah Harris and others, from eight orders, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of August, 1915, as amended and resettled each by a further order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of November, 1915. Each of these orders denied a motion by one of the petitioners, made pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of chapter 1006 of the Laws of 1895, for…

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Separate appeals by the petitioners, Uriah Harris and others, from eight orders, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of August, 1915, as amended and resettled each by a further order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of November, 1915. Each of these orders denied a motion by one of the petitioners, made pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of chapter 1006 of the Laws of 1895, for an order directing the commissioners of estimate in this proceeding to ascertain and to report the compensation which…

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

The separate petitions of the appellants were heard together by consent, and all of the appeals are contained in a single record. The questions presented by these appeals relate to the discontinuance and closing of Albany Post road between the northerly line of the present West Two Hundred and Fifty-third street and its junction with Broadway northerly thereof, which we have considered to some extent in separate appeals by one Van Cortlandt, individually and as executor, and by the city of New York, argued and to be decided herewith. (Matter of City of New York [Newton Ave.], In…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. King v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
  2. In re the Mayor, Aldermen & CommonaltyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. Matter of Mayor, Aldermen Commonalty of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
  4. Matter of City of N.Y. (Grand Boulevard)New York Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. Magee v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1894

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Corporation CounselAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  2. In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  3. In re the Application of City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  4. Schlanger v. SchulmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925

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