Sorchan v. City of Brooklyn
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL by plaintiffs from a judgment at the special term in favor of defendants. The action was brought by Marius A. Sorchan and another, trustees and executors under the last will, etc., of Jacques A. La Chaisé, deceased, against the city of Brooklyn and another, to vacate an assessment alleged to be invalid as being an apparent' lien upon lands belonging to plaintiffs’ estate.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
The plaintiffs seek by action to have declared void certain assessments, the sales thereunder and certificates on such sales as a cloud on their title. By chapter 398 of the Laws of 1861, *317the legislature appointed a commission to improve Atlantic avenue, in the city of Brooklyn. Under this act the assessors were directed to estimate the cost of grading and paving the avenue. The assessors were directed to certify this cost to the commission, and this amount was to he deducted from the whole cost of the work, and was to be assessed upon lands fronting on the avenue, and the remainder of the…
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