Robert v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal’ by the plaintiff, Daniel Robert, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of September, 1895, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Pratt, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s •complaint.
The action was brought to declare invalid, certain assessments levied upon plaintiff’s property for the opening and grading of certain streets in New Utrecht, and also seeking to enjoin the defendants, as supervisors, from selling such property on account of non-payment of such assessments.
The plaintiff, so far as appears, lay by while the improvement was being made and his property brought into the market and made available for sale, until asked to pay his share of the expense of such improvement, when he seeks…
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- Thompson v. . SchermerhornNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- In Re the Department of Public Parks to Acquire Title to LandsNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Matter of Union E.R.R. Co. of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Matter of Application of WoolseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
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