In re the City of New York

This application is made for the purpose of taxing the costs in a street opening proceeding and the only question involved concerns the liability of the city for certain fees claimed to be due the estate of one of the commissioners who died before the final report in the matter was made. It appears that one John J. Brennan was duly appointed a commissioner of estimate on the 8th day of February, 1912, that he qualified and thereafter acted in such capacity up to the time of his death, which' occurred in the latter part of December, 1914. During the time between his appointment and his death,…