People ex rel. Lyon v. Nelson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 22d day of March, 1913, directed to Thomas Nelson and-others, as the hoard of trustees of the village of Peekskill, and to Albert E. Cruger, as village clerk of said village, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester all and singular their proceedings had relative to the confirmation of the report of Francis Larkin and others, as commissioners of appraisal in…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 22d day of March, 1913, directed to Thomas Nelson and-others, as the hoard of trustees of the village of Peekskill, and to Albert E. Cruger, as village clerk of said village, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester all and singular their proceedings had relative to the confirmation of the report of Francis Larkin and others, as commissioners of appraisal in the matter of laying out and widening South street in said village.
1Opinion of the Court
Stapleton, J.:
We are hearing a cause instituted by a writ of certiorari to review the determination of the trustees of the village of Peekskill, a municipal corporation, which confirmed the award of commissioners appointed by the County Court of the county of Westchester to ascertain and assess the damages claimed by owners of lands appropriated for the purpose of widening South street in that village, and to assess and apportion the damages on real estate to be benefited by the improvement. No question *35is raised as to the propriety of this proceeding, and no fault is found with the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Griffin v. Mayor of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Matter of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- In re the Widening of a Portion of Pondfield RoadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lyon v. NelsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914