Legal Opinion

Hellinger v. City of New York

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1916Published

Application for a mandatory injunction requiring the city of New York to remove from the sidewalk certain building encroachments and projections which it has erected.

1Opinion of the CourtDelehanty, J.

This is an application for a mandatory injunction requiring the city of New York to remove from the sidewalk certain building encroachments and the projections which it has erected. The plaintiff also seeks to be compensated in damages, claiming that the structure in question interferes with the easements to his property of light, air and access.

Plaintiff owns two five-story tenements located at Nos. 350 and 352 East Fifty-fourth street, in the borough of Manhattan. The city owns the property adjoining on the westerly side, upon which it has erected a large public bath and gymnasium. In front…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
  2. Uline v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
  3. Acme Realty Co. v. . SchinasiNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Morton v. . Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  5. Robert v. . SadlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1887

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