Charde v. City of Brooklyn
New York City Court
Appeal from judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for the amount of an award for damages for land taken for the widening of North Second street. .
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
An award was made for part of a lot taken for the widening of North Second street, pursuant to the Laws of 1871, chapter 559. For years thereafter no steps were taken to actually widen the street, the owners used the land so taken, and no claim was made for the awards so made. Both the city and the owners treated the matter as though no *599lands were taken and no awards were made. While this was the existing condition, the owner of the lot involved in this action conveyed the whole of it, including the portion taken by the act of 1871. That such conveyance operated as an assignment of the award…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Delap v. City of BrooklynNew York City Court · 1893
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bank of America v. City of GlendaleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- In re the Grade Crossing CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Simms v. City of BrooklynNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Simms v. City of BrooklynNew York Supreme Court · 1895