People ex rel. Coler v. Lord
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 13tli day of May, 1898, directed to Daniel Lord and others, commissioners appointed under the provisions of chapter 537 of the Laws of 1893, and chapter 567 of the Laws of 1894, and Frances Kaesemeyer, claimant, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all acts and proceedings had by them and each of them upon the claim of Frances Kaesemeyer, together with their…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 13tli day of May, 1898, directed to Daniel Lord and others, commissioners appointed under the provisions of chapter 537 of the Laws of 1893, and chapter 567 of the Laws of 1894, and Frances Kaesemeyer, claimant, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all acts and proceedings had by them and each of them upon the claim of Frances Kaesemeyer, together with their several appointments as commissioners.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The writ of certiorari in this case was issued to review an award made by the respondents, commissioners appointed under the provisions of chapter 537 of the Laws of 1893, as amended by chapter 567 of the Laws of 1894, to estimate the damages caused to owners of lands, etc., by the change of grade of streets and avenues necessitated by an improvement connected with the depression of the tracks of the Harlem Railway Company in the city of Hew York. By those statutes it is provided, among other things, that all persons owning lands, tenements or hereditaments who have sustained…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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