People ex rel. Locke v. Common Council of Rochester
New York Supreme Court
This was a certiorari to the common council of the city of Rochester to review proceedings taken by it in reference to constructing a sewer in Savannah street in that city.
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This was a certiorari to the common council of the city of Rochester to review proceedings taken by it in reference to constructing a sewer in Savannah street in that city. It is provided in the charter of the city, in regard to public improvements of this character as follows, viz.: “ Section 164. The common council shall not proceed to open, widen, or improve streets, lanes or alleys, or other public improvements, the expense of which, in whole or in part, is to be defrayed by a local assessment, until first requested by a petition signed by at least a majority of the owners of property to…
1Opinion of the CourtMullin, P. J.
At a meeting of the common council of the city of Rochester on the 5th October, 1869, a resolution was adopted requiring the city surveyor to ascertain and1 report the expense of constructing a pipe sewer fifteen inches in diameter in -Savannah street, in said city. He reported in obedience to said resolution that the expense would be $1,450. "Whereupon at the same meeting a resolution was adopted declaring it to be expedient to construct said sewer, describing *13the lands benefited by and liable to be assessed for the expense of said sewer, and directing the clerk to publish notice requiring…
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