D'Esterre v. City of Brooklyn
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
This is a suit by James C. E. D’Esterre against the city of Brooklyn and George W. Palmer, as comptroller of the city of Brooklyn, to establish the validity and compel the registration of bonds issued by the town of Gravesend before its annexation to the city of Brooklyn.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
In 1894 the state of New York annexed to the city of Brooklyn the territory of the town of Gravesend, and provided for the continued obligation of such town for its existing debts, and llie payment thereof, by taxation at the instance of the city of Brooklyn, which, by the Laws of 1897, became consolidated with the city of New York. During its independent existence, and in January, 1894, the town of Gravesend,1 through its authorized and qualified officers, issued bonds to the amount of $148,000 for the purpose of raising-funds to pay certain local improvement bonds…
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