Legal Opinion
City of Albany v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 23, 1970No. Claim No. 39793Published
1Opinion of the Court
*882Herlihy, P. J., Reynolds and Greenblott, JJ., concur. Cooke and Sweeney, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse and order a new trial for the assessment of damages in the following memorandum : There should be a reversal and new trial for the assessment of damages. It is established that the grant of title by a city to property bounded by or upon a city street, in the absence of any more definite description, carries only to the line of the street (People ex rel. N. Y. Cent. & Hudson Riv. R. R. Co. v. Priest, 206 N. Y. 274, 283; Graham v. Stern, 168 N. Y. 517, 523; Gere v. McChesney, 84 App. Div.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Paige v. . Schenectady Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Graham v. . SternNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People Ex Rel. N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co. v. . PriestNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Geddes Coarse Salt Co. v. Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Albany Country Club v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1962
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