Upland Realty Co. v. City of New York

The plaintiff set forth the following facts: Prior to the 1st of May, 1913, the appellant was the owner of certain premises situated in the borough of The Bronx, city of New York, and designated on the tax maps as block 2872, lot 100. Before that date, and on the 14th of December, 1911, the city instituted proceedings to acquire title by condemnation, for street purposes, to that portion of . the premises lying within the lines of West One Hundred and Seventy-second street, as laid out as a proposed street on the map. Pending these proceedings, as authorized by section 990 of the Greater New…