In Re Acquiring Title by the City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission., from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 5, 1915, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion to confirm the report of a referee appointed in condemnation proceedings to take testimony and report upon the question of ownership.
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Appeal, by permission., from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 5, 1915, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion to confirm the report of a referee appointed in condemnation proceedings to take testimony and report upon the question of ownership. The following questions were certified: “1. Was the respondent, the Consolidated Gas Company of New York, on January 31, 1907, the owner in fee of the following described property in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, to wit: All of the lands between…
1Opinion of the CourtCuddeback, J.
This proceeding was instituted by the city of New York in or about the month of December, 1906, to acquire title in fee to certain lands in the city described generally as lying between East Fifteenth and East Sixteenth streets, and extending east from a line about 191 feet west of Avenue D to the pierhead line in the East river, established by the secretary of war June 9, 1903, “ excepting therefrom such portions thereof as are owned by the city of New York.” The Consolidated G-as Company of New York it was alleged is the owner, or has some interest in the lands described.
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