Legal Opinion
Matter of City of N.Y. (Newtown Creek)
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1940PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lehman, Ch. J.
In condemnation proceedings the Cord Meyer Company received an award of $32,000 for property owned by it and designated in the condemnation proceedings as Damage Parcel No. 11. There was dispute as to the title to that damage parcel. The Cord Meyer Company claimed title to it under a State grant made in 1871. The city of New York claimed that the State had parted with title by much earlier grant. The city appealed from the final decree in favor of the Cord Meyer Company, contending that the court at Special Term had erred in its determination of title. The Cord Meyer Company…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re Acquiring Title by City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
3Cited by34 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. MacCracken v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Village of Lawrence v. GreenwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
- In re City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
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