In re Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
-. Appeal, by The City of New York, thé successor of The Mayor,. ■Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, from an ■order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York ■on the 6th day of June, 1898, discontinuing the proceeding and directing the dismissal of - the- petition herein as to each of the persons named in the said order. . -
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J. :
On the 22d of May, 1896, proceedings were instituted under the statute (Chap. 320, Laws of 1887, as amended by chap. ■ 69 of the Laws of 1895), by a resolution of the board of street opening and improvement, to establish a public park in the city of Hew York, and to acquire by condemnation proceedings the land required. In accordance with the resolution condemnation proceedings were thereafter instituted and commissioners of estimate appointed.. The commissioners entered upon the discharge of their duties, gave the requisite notice to the owners of the land proposed to be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lazarus v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
3Cited by3 opinions
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- In re Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913