In re Mayor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Robert. McCafferty, claimant 'and owner, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day. of February, 1897, as confirms, so far as it relates to his property proposed to be taken in the proceeding, the first partial and separate report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment as amended.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Appeal from an order confirming the report of commissioners of estimate and assessment in so far as it determined the damages sustained by the appellant for land taken by the city of New York for the purpose of laying out and improving a public street, called The Grand Boulevard and Concourse.” The proceeding to lay out the street was instituted by the publication and posting of notices in accordance with the provisions of chapter 130 of the Laws of 1895. At the time stated in the notices, commissioners were duly appointed to estimate and assess the value of the land proposed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re the Niagara Falls & Whirlpool Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
- Matter of Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- W. P. Tanner-Gross & Co. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- In re AvenueNew York Supreme Court · 1907