Hill v. Board of Supervisors
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made July 6, 1889, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made July 6, 1889, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The plaintiff’s property was destroyed in consequence of a mob or riot, within chapter 428, Laws of 1855, providing for compensating, by the city or county where the injury occurred, the parties whose property may be destroyed in consequence of mobs or riots. (People v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGbay, J.
This was an action brought to recover compensation from the defendants for the destructibn of the plaintiff’s property, in consequence of a mob or riot. As the only authority for maintaining such an action is contained in a special law, passed by the legislature in 1855 (chap. 428, Laws 1855), and the objection was taken and is now insisted upon that it was not commenced within the time limited therefor- by the act, it is unnecessary to consider other questions, if that objection is sound. By the fifth section of the act it is provided that “ no action shall be maintained, under the…
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