Wood v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Hew York, for a new trial made upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff rendered by direction of the'court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
The following facts appeared upon the trial: The plaintiff became the owner of the premises Hos. 112, 114 and 116 Bleecker street, in the city of Hew York, by deed dated July 14,1896.' The houses which formerly stood on said premises had been torn down, and there was an-old existing vault in front of Ho. 112. A permit to construct said vault had been obtained by a former grantor of said-premises in Hovember, 1870, for which permit the sum of $251.50 was paid to the then commissioner of public works, and said vault was constructed and existed at the time of the conveyance of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tripler v. Mayor, Aldermen & CommonaltyNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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- Hebron v. City of New YorkAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1912
- Palmer v. City of SyracuseNew York Supreme Court · 1899
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