Matter of City of New York (Main St.)
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 10, 1914, which affirmed an order of Special Term confirming the report of commissioners of estimate and appraisal in a proceeding’ to acquire land for street purposes. 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 first judicial department, entered July 10, 1914, which affirmed an order of Special Term confirming the report of commissioners of estimate and appraisal in a proceeding’ to acquire land for street purposes. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Prior to this proceeding appellant had valuable property rights in parcels 222 and 222A. (Fanning v. Osborne, 102 N. Y. 441; Mott v. Mayor, etc., 2 Hill, 263; Paige v. City of Schenectady, 178 N. Y. 111; Buffalo v. Lackawanna, 190 N. Y. 84; Verplanck v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCollin, J.
The present proceeding was instituted, under statutory authority, for the purpose of acquiring, in eminent domain, the title in fee simple to lands of (among others) Arabella D. Huntington, the' appellant here, to be used in widening and extending a public street, styled Main street (City Island) of the city of New York. The decisions thus far made in it, while awarding the appellant substantial damages for certain parcels of her lands, have awarded nominal damages merely, and not substantial damages, for two parcels acquired, upon the ground that the ownership of the plaintiff is and always…
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