Legal Opinion

Matter of Dupont

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 18, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 22, 1915, which affirmed an order of Special Term appointing commissioners in change of grade damage proceedings.

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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 22, 1915, which affirmed an order of Special Term appointing commissioners in change of grade damage proceedings. The following question was certified: “Is the village of Port Henry liable, under section 159 of the Village Law, for damages sustained by abutting property owners by the change of the grade of a village street, when such change was made by the state of New York in constructing and improving such street as a part of an improved county highway under the…

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with costs, and question certified answered in the affirmative; no opinion.

Concur: Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Hiscock, Chase, Collin, Hogan, Cardozo and Seabury, JJ.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Matter of Lawrence v. Vil. of MamaroneckNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
  2. In re RogersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919

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