In re Appointment of Park Commissioners
Superior Court of Buffalo
Appeal from special term. In the matter of the application of the city of Buffalo for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain the just compensation to be paid to the person or persons or corporations interested in lands to be taken for park purposes. Appeal by Briggs & Webb and Whitmore & Rathbun, owners of such lands, from an order of the special term of the superior court of Buffalo confirming the report of commissioners herein.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
This proceeding is taken by virtue of chapter 159, Laws 1884, and has for its object the acquiring of certain lands for a public park in the city of Buffalo. It is contended by counsel for the city that no appeal lies from the order of the special term, affirming the report of the commissioners, to this court. Such claim finds support, if at all, in the fact that the act under which the proceeding is instituted furnishes a complete system, covering all the proceedings intended to be authorized, and is consequently removed from the force and operation of general laws. It is not questioned but…
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