Legal Opinion

In re City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 15, 1907PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Cross-appeals by the Consolidated Gas Company of New York' and by 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 28th day of April, 1906, confirming the report of commissioners of estimate' and assessment appointed in proceedings to condemn land for dock purposes. o

1Opinion of the Court

Clarke, J.:

This proceeding was instituted by the city to acquire title to-certain land's- and wharfage property for the. so-called “ Chelsea Improvement” on the North river water front, between Eighteenth and Twenty-third streets. This improvement is a part of the gen- ' eral plan for the enlargement of the dock system of the city, a part ' of which will result in the creation 'of a marginal street at the locus m quo 175 feet in width. All of the land taken was originally under water. '

Parcel 33 upon the damage' map -was situated between West Nineteenth and Twentieth streets on the east side…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Bauman v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Norwood v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. People Ex Rel. Griffin v. Mayor of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
  5. Livingston v. MayorCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1907
  2. In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918

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