People ex rel. Uvalde Asphalt Paving Co. v. Seaman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 19th day of November, 1914, directed to Alfred P.. W. Seaman and others, composing the board of assessors of the city of New York, and William A. Prendergast and others, composing the board of revision of assessments of the city of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in making an award for damages for the…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 19th day of November, 1914, directed to Alfred P.. W. Seaman and others, composing the board of assessors of the city of New York, and William A. Prendergast and others, composing the board of revision of assessments of the city of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in making an award for damages for the change of grade of a certain street in the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, P. J.:
The relator is the owner of property on Metropolitan avenue and Varick street, in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, upon which had been erected an asphalt plant in 1904. the grade of Metropolitan avenue was established in 1854, *871and was changed in 1910; and a claim for damages caused by such change of grade was presented to the board of assessors, who made an award of $2,500, which was confirmed by the board of revision of assessments, and this proceeding is brought to review this award. There was evidence produced by the relator that this change of grade had caused a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Hallock v. . HennessyNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- People ex rel. Rothschild v. MuhAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- People Ex Rel. Rothschild v. . MuhNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
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- People Ex Rel. Uvalde Asphalt Paving Co. v. SeamanNew York Court of Appeals · 1916