People ex rel. Thompson v. Mayor of Syracuse
New York Supreme Court
Oertiorari to review an assessment, and the proceeding upon which it was granted, to repave East Genesee street, in the city of Syracuse, between Grape and Orange streets.
1Opinion of the Court
Gilbert, J.:
The object of this oertiorari is to invalidate an assessment of the expense of paving East Genesee street, from the west side of Grape street to the east side of Almond, in the city of Syracuse.
The return made to the writ shows that on the 23d of May, 1870, a petition for this improvement, signed by a majority of the owners of the property upon the line thereof, was presented to the common council; that on the 10th of September, 1870, notices of such proposed improvement were served upon the parties to be assessed, conformably to the requirement of section 1, title 7 of the…
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