Legal Opinion

In re the Application of the Mayor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by William W. Strouse and others from 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 11th day of December, 1902, confirming the report of ' commissioners of estimate and assessment appointed in the proceeding, overruling the objections to. said report and directing that such commissioners make a separate report of their estimate, and-assessment as to the loss and damage sustained…

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Appeal by William W. Strouse and others from 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 11th day of December, 1902, confirming the report of ' commissioners of estimate and assessment appointed in the proceeding, overruling the objections to. said report and directing that such commissioners make a separate report of their estimate, and-assessment as to the loss and damage sustained by certain property owners in consequence of the closing of Gerard avenue between East One Hundred and Sixty-eighth and…

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

This is a proceeding instituted by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York to acquire title to the land necessary to open East One Hundred and Sixty-eighth' street, in the twenty-third ward of the city of New York. The proceeding was commenced in the year 1896, and on the 8th day of October, 1896, commissioners of estimate and assessment were appointed by the Supreme Court. The commissioners duly qualified, and while engaged in the performance of their duties on the 15th .day of April, 189.7, the appellants presented a petition to the Supreme Court which…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re EdelmuthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  2. In re the Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

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