In re South Market Street
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Rensselaer county. Proceeding to extend South Market street, in the village of Johns-town, through the lands of Mortimer Wade and others. From an order appointing commissioners to assess damages claimed by landowners for the opening and extending of said street, James Young-love appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The first objection to the validity of the order sought to be reversed, urged on this appeal, is based upon the contention that the papers used on this motion were insufficient to confer jurisdiction or authority upon the court to grant the order. The papers used by the respondent in support of this motion consist of a certified copy of a series of resolutions relating to the extension of said street, purporting to have been adopted at a meeting of the board of trustees of the village of Johnstown on the 22d day of May, 1893. The record shows that on these papers the special term of this…
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