In re the Bronx Parkway Commission
New York Supreme Court
Application by Bronx parkway commission for mandamus directing the common council and board of estimate and apportionment of the city of Yonkers to cancel an assessment upon its property for the Bronx valley sanitary sewer.
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
The relator seeks a writ of mandamus directing the cancellation of an assessment upon its property for the Bronx valley sanitary sewer.
The relator was created by chapter 594, Laws of 1907, entitled “An act to provide for preserving the waters of the Bronx river from pollution; creating a reservation of the lands on either side of the river; authorizing the taking of lands for that purpose and providing for the payment thereof, and appointing a commission to carry out the purposes of the act in relation to purchase and condemnation of lands and. payment therefor under the authority of said…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Hassan v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- City of Rochester v. . Town of RushNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- People Ex Rel. Davidson v. . GilonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- People Ex Rel. Treat v. . ColerNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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