People ex rel. Bull v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relators, Fanny A. Bull and others, from a final order ,of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 22d day of December, 1899, dismissing a writ of certiorari theretofore issued, and confirming an assessment sought to be vacated.'
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a proceeding by certiorari, which is authorized by the charter of the city of Buffalo, to determine the validity of a local assessment for repaving or resurfacing Summer street with asphalt". The street was originally paved with genuine Trinidad asphalt in the year 1885 at a cost of $3 per square yard", aggregating $36,219.16, which was defrayed" by local "Assessment. Since that tifne' the pavement has been kept in repair by the original contractor under a five-year guaranty clause, and subsequently by the city at the expense of *158the general fund. A complete asphalt…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Voght v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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