Mayor of Brooklyn v. Meserole
New York Supreme Court
PPEAL from Chancery. The respondents filed a bill in chancery. By the death of their father in 1827, they became seized of a tract of twenty-one acres of land in the town of Brooklyn. They are females, and at the time of the death of their father, one was about three years old, and the other only about one year old.
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PPEAL from Chancery. The respondents filed a bill in chancery. By the death of their father in 1827, they became seized of a tract of twenty-one acres of land in the town of Brooklyn. They are females, and at the time of the death of their father, one was about three years old, and the other only about one year old. In 1827, shortly after the death of their father, a turnpike road, called the Bedford road, was laid through their land, of the width of sixty-six feet, and of the length of nine hundred sixty-five feet. In 'March, 1836, application was made to the common council of Brooklyn to…
1Opinion of the Court
After advisement the following opinions were delivered :
By the Chief Justice.
The bill in this case was filed for the purpose of setting aside the proceedings of the common council of the city of Brooklyn, in widening and extending a certain road, called the Bedford road, within the limits of the city. These proceedings were instituted *135in March, 1836, and were confirmed by the supreme court in December of the same year.
The road passed through lands belonging to the complainants, and the commissioners of estimate and assessment in the valuation of the property taken, allowed nothing for the…
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