Matter of Canal and Walker Streets

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The validity of the appeal in this case depends upon the act of 1854, "in relation to special proceedings." (Laws of 1854, p. 592.) Independently of that statute, the general term acquired no jurisdiction of the proceedings; and, according to the principle settled in Gracie v. Freeland (1 Comst., 228), there was consequently nothing for review in this court. By the first section of the act above mentioned, "an appeal may be taken to the general term of the…