People ex rel. Reynolds v. City of Brooklyn
New York Supreme Court
BY a special act of the legislature, Main street, in the city of Brooklyn, was widened, and the county court of Kings county was authorized to appoint three commissioners to estimate the expense and assess the damages thereof. The laws in force, in relation to opening and widening streets in the city of Brooklyn, were made applicable to the proceedings of such commissioners.
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BY a special act of the legislature, Main street, in the city of Brooklyn, was widened, and the county court of Kings county was authorized to appoint three commissioners to estimate the expense and assess the damages thereof. The laws in force, in relation to opening and widening streets in the city of Brooklyn, were made applicable to the proceedings of such commissioners. (Laws of 1861, ch. 191, p. 484.) In pursuance of the provisions of such act, three commissioners were appointed hy the said county court, who entered upon the duties of their appointment, and made their final estimate and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Gilbert, J.
The principal question presented in this case' relates to the effect of the judgments of this court heretofore rendered, upon the returns to two several writs of certiorari, issued for the purpose of reviewing the proceedings, had under the act of April 13, 1861, (Session Laws of 1861, p. 485,) to estimate the expense of widening Main street, in the city of Brooklyn, and to assess on the property benefited by such improvement, the damages accruing therefrom. These writs were directed to the city of Brooklyn, and commanded them to return. “ all the proceedings *140had,…
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