In re the City Trust Co.

The court’s jurisdiction to take proof and determine the respective rights of claimants to the awards made in this condemnation proceeding cannot, in my opinion, be seriously questioned. An examination of the language of section 981 of the Greater New York Charter (added by Laws of 1915, chap. 606) points to the conclusion that the Supreme Court has power, not only to determine the question of priority as between claims presented, but also the validity of such claims where all of the interested parties are represented. This conclusion finds support in the decided cases. (Matter of Crescent…