Legal Opinion

In re New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

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

Decided July 1, 1900PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and another, 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 21st day of July, 1899, denying-their application to vacate two assessments for local improvements..

1Opinion of the Court

McLaughlin, J.:

The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company- and the New York and Harlem Railroad Company, upon a verified petition, applied to the Special Term of this court to have vacated two assessments upon their property for local improvements, one amounting to §4,687.82 for regulating and grading, and the other-*282amounting to $12,627.72 for paving, Vanderbilt Avenue East, in the city of New York.

These improvements were made under a resolution of the common council, and the entire cost of the same was to be assessed “ among the owners or occupants of all the houses and lots…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex parte Harrington & Hubbell v. Trustees of the Village of RochesterNew York Supreme Court · 1833
  2. Matter of Petition of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. In re BrainerdNew York Supreme Court · 1889
  4. In re CullenNew York Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In re ShafferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
  2. In re FuerthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
  3. In re HagemeyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  4. In re City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  5. In re PhœnixAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900

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