Williams v. Village of Dunkirk
New York Supreme Court
This case came before the court on a case made, and exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at General Term.
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This case came before the court on a case made, and exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at General Term. The action was brought to recover the value of the plaintiff’s personal property seized and sold by the collector of the village of Dunkirk under a warrant of the trustees of that village, annexed to an assessment roll upon which various residents of the village, and among them the plaintiff, were assessed for repairs made to sidewalks, and directing the collector tc collect the assessments therein stated. It appeared that the trustees of the village liad directed notices…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
Mullin, P. J.
The plaintiff, in June, 1868, was a resident of the village of Dunkirk, and owned part of blocks Hos. 473 and 433, on the east side of Center street, in said village, which blocks are south of block Ho. 517, and also south of East Seventh street, which runs on the south side of lot Ho. 517. He did not own any part of 517.
On the 12th June, 1868, the defendants (trustees), at a meeting legally convened and held, passed a resolution, that the street commissioner be instructed to notify the parties to repair the sidewalks in front of their premises, on the east side of…
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- Sheldon v. WrightNew York Supreme Court · 1849
- Adkins v. BrewerNew York Supreme Court · 1824
- People ex rel. Smith v. City of BrooklynNew York Supreme Court · 1856
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