People ex rel. Brownell v. Board of Assessors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Board of Assessors of the City of Buffalo, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 14th day of April, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss, quash or supersede a writ of certiorari theretofore issued herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, J.:
The relator seeks to review by certiorari the action of the board of assessors of the city of Buffalo, relating to the proceedings for repaving a certain part of Broadway, in that city, and particularly their proceeding in certifying that a majority of the resident owners of lands fronting on that part of the street proposed to be repaved, owning at least two-fifths of such land, had signed the petition for such improvement.
*852The charter of the city of Buffalo provides that when the expense of any work or improvement for paving or repaving a street will exceed the sum of $500, it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Londoner v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Miller v. . City of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- In the Matter of KiernanNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Matter of FitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
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