Legal Opinion
Chilcott v. City of Buffalo
Superior Court of Buffalo
Decided November 19, 1889Published
On demurrer to defendant’s answer. Action by Robert Chilcott and another against the city of Buffalo, to annul an assessment.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The complaint in this action contains three paragraphs, the first of which alleges the ownership by plaintiffs of certain property, giving its location. The second alleges that defendant is a municipal corporation. The third; that heretofore, and in 1885, the common council of the defendant adopted a resolution of intention to pave Hamburg street, in said city, according to certain plans and specifications then on file in the engineer’s office; that at the said time there were no plans and specifications, with respect to said pavement, on file in said office; that the said plans and…
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