In re Rapid Transit Commissioners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Special Term, New York County. In the matter of the application of the rapid transit commissioners to acquire title to certain lands. Appeal from an order granting allowances to property owners. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, J.'
The rapid transit commission, under authority conferred upon it by what is known as the “Rapid Transit Act” (chapter 752, p. 1873, of the Laws of 1894, as amended by chapter 519, p. 887, of the Laws of 1895), instituted a proceeding to acquire title to lands situated in the borough of the Bronx, in the city of New York; such lands' consisting of a block bounded by Bergen avenue, Westchester avenue, Brook avenue, and Gerard street. Upon that application, commissioners were duly appointed, who made certain awards for the property separately to the several owners thereof.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Claim of Clark v. Water Commissioners of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- In re Town of HempsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- In re Town of HempsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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- City of Los Angeles v. VickersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927