In re the City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Mary Winship and others from a report of the commissioners made in the above-entitled proceeding, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 17th day of June, 1910, and also from an order made at the Erie Special Term and entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of November, 1910, confirming said report, the appeal taken by Edward P. Bowen and others being from the said order only.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
By chapter 142 of the Laws of 1909 the city of Buffalo was authorized to acquire for park purposes, in accordance with the procedure for the acquisition of lands provided in its charter (Laws of 1891, chap. 105, tit. 20,. as amd. by Laws of 1900, chap. 571), the lands in the city bordering on Lake Erie, and bounded easterly by the westerly blue line of the Erie canal; on the south by the* northerly line of Georgia street; on the north by the southerly line of Jersey street, and westerly by the shore line of the lake, “ as shown by a survey and map of the South Village of Black Bock…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City of Geneva v. . HensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- People ex rel. Brewster v. " Old Guard "Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Commissioners of Highways of Sherburne v. Judges of ChenangoNew York Supreme Court · 1841
- People ex rel. French v. Township Board of SpringwellsMichigan Supreme Court · 1864
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Bronx Parkway CommissionNew York Supreme Court · 1917
- In re SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935