Farrington v. Mayor of City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Westchester county. Petition by Hiram Farrington to compel the mayor, etc., of the city of New York to pay to petitioner the damages to land conveyed by petitioner to Nathan L. Culver, and afterwards reconveyed to petitioner, as ascertained by the commissioners of appraisal appointed under the aqueduct law (Laws 1883, c. 490). From an order sustaining the exceptions to and overruling the report of David Verplanck, Esq., referee, and directing…
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Appeal from special term, Westchester county. Petition by Hiram Farrington to compel the mayor, etc., of the city of New York to pay to petitioner the damages to land conveyed by petitioner to Nathan L. Culver, and afterwards reconveyed to petitioner, as ascertained by the commissioners of appraisal appointed under the aqueduct law (Laws 1883, c. 490). From an order sustaining the exceptions to and overruling the report of David Verplanck, Esq., referee, and directing payment of the award to Harriet A. Brown, as administratrix of said Nathan L. Culver, deceased, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
The order appealed from has determined that the respondent is entitled to an aw'ard made to the appellant, by commissioners of appraisal appointed pursuant to chapter 490 of the Laws of 1883, for land taken for the purposes of the aqueduct constructed to supply the city of New York with water. The award was made in a report dated August 18, 1891, and was confirmed by an order of the supreme court dated October 24, 1891. The land taken, was a part of a farm owned, at the time of the appointment of the commissioners, by Nathan L. Culver, and upon which the petitioner held a mortgage. The…
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