In Re the Public Service Commission for the First District
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 29, 1917, which affirmed an order of Special Term confirming the report of commissioners of appraisal in condemnation proceedings under the Rapid Transit Act.
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The majority of the court are of the opin- - ion that the unanimous affirmance of the order confirming the report of the commissioners that the New York Dock Company failed to establish any title or rights in the property condemned precludes us from considering the claims urged by said company on this appeal. If, however, in view of the public interest involved we should assume without deciding that we are able to consider the same we should still think that the report was correct..
The city of New York, under authority of the Rapid Transit Act, brought this proceeding to acquire upland and…
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