People Ex Rel. Crane v. . Ormond
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 22, 1917, which sustained a writ of certiorari and annulled a determination of the board of assessors , of the city of New York dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, the relator’s claim for damages due to a change of grade.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 22, 1917, which sustained a writ of certiorari and annulled a determination of the board of assessors , of the city of New York dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, the relator’s claim for damages due to a change of grade. The following questions were certified: “1. Has the board of assessors of the city of New York jurisdiction to make an award to the relator for damages sustained by reason of the construction of the viaduct described in the affidavit for the…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
In 1886 George W. Sauer became the owner of lots at the comer of West One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street and Eighth avenue in the city of New York, and continued to be the owner until 1900. He died in 1905 and the relator became his administratrix.
Before he acquired title One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street and Eighth avenue had both been regulated and graded.
West of Mr. Sauer’s property One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street ran to a bluff some seventy feet high. To the east it ran to what is known as the Macomb’s Dam Bridge, also considerably above the level of the street.
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