City of Syracuse v. . Stacey
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 6, 1899, which affirmed an order of Special Term confirming the report of commissioners of appraisal in condemnation proceedings. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 6, 1899, which affirmed an order of Special Term confirming the report of commissioners of appraisal in condemnation proceedings. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The defendants, together with other riparian proprietors on the outlet of Skaneateles lake, collectively, or as tenants in common, were the owners in perpetuity of a complete reservoir capable of storing therein all the yield of the watershed of said lake, which constituted property of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
These proceedings were instituted by the city of Syracuse for the purpose of condemning and acquiring the rights of the defendants in the waters of Skaneateles lake and outlet. The history of the proceedings is fully set forth in the opinion of the Appellate Division (45 App. Div. 249), and need not be here repeated. At the time these proceedings were instituted Syracuse was a city of about one hundred thousand inhabitants situated about seventeen miles northeasterly of Skaneateles lake. This lake is a body of fresh water about fifteen miles in length, having a general widtii of about one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Syracuse v. StaceyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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