Deering v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James A. Deering, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of February, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, overruling the plaintiff’s demurrer to the defendant’s answer. *
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The complaint alleges that the-plaintiff’s assignor was the owner of certain premises taken for a park in the twelfth ward of the city of New York, pursuant to chapter 56 of the Laws of 1894; that proceedings were had to condemn the land, and that on the 20th of May, 1899, the report of the commissioners was confirmed, by which there was awarded to the plaintiff’s assignor the sum of $24,123.93; and that this award was assigned to the plaintiff by the owner. It is further alleged that on the 27th of September 1899, the plaintiff demanded payment from the comptroller -of the full…
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