In re the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Frederick Schwartz 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 3d day of May, 1913, in so far as it denies a motion to confirm the report of commissioners of estimate herein as to damage parcel No. 5, and returns said report to the commissioners, with directions to make a new award for said parcel.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The appellant owns a parcel of land sought to be acquired in this proceeding upon which he has made substantial improvements and for which the commissioners of estimate have made a substantial award. The city of New York, while conceding that appellant owns the plot in fee, claims that it is so incumbered with easements for street purposes that appellant’s fee is of merely nominal value. This view is upheld by the order appealed from. We are advised by the briefs that there are a number of other lots involved in this proceeding as to which the same questions arise and as to which it…
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