In re the Corp. Counsel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Separate appeals by the City of New York and by The Press Publishing Company and others, property owners, from parts of 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 23d day of April, 1918, confirming the report of commissioners of estimate and assessment awarding damages for the closing of portions of certain streets which were under the approach to the Brooklyn bridge.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The city of New York instituted the necessary proceedings to close portions of William and North William streets and to open a new street, extending from William to North William street adjacent to the Brooklyn bridge. Prior to the closing the approach to the Brooklyn bridge was arched at the intersection of these streets thus allowing traffic to pass from Duane to Frankfort street on William street, and from Park Row to Frankfort street on North William street, under the bridge. The streets were physically closed at the archway, except in William street there was a tunnel about *670ten…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re the Discontinuance of a Portion of Joiner Street in the City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- People ex rel. Winthrop v. DelanyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Harlem River & Portchester Railroad v. ReynoldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- In re HoytAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- People Ex Rel. Winthrop v. . PendletonNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
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- United States v. Village of Highland FallsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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