Matter of Petition of Swan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, made May 30, 1884, which dismissed an appeal from an order of the County Court of Niagara county. (Reported below, 33 Hun, 200.) The nature of that order is set forth in the opinion. The order of the County Court was conclusive upon questions of fact, but appealable on questions of law.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, made May 30, 1884, which dismissed an appeal from an order of the County Court of Niagara county. (Reported below, 33 Hun, 200.) The nature of that order is set forth in the opinion. The order of the County Court was conclusive upon questions of fact, but appealable on questions of law. (In re Ryers, 72 N. Y. 1, 4.) The appellant was not entitled to an appeal to the General Term, and is not entitled to this appeal. (Matter of Canal and Water Sts., 12 N. Y. 406; Matter of Commissioners, 50 id. 493;…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
The proceedings in question were instituted to cany into effect the statute relating to drainage, passed May 12, 1869 (Laws of 1869, chap. 888), as amended in 1871 (Laws of 1871, chap. 303) and 1881 (Laws of 1881, chap. 608), and this appeal brings up for review an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, dismissing an appeal from a determination of the County Court of Niagara county, that a new or second assessment was necessary for the payment of obligations actually incurred by certain commissioners in the discharge of their duties under the'acts above cited. It is objected by the…
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