Matter of City of New York (Pier Old No. 49)
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by the City of New York from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 10, 1919, which reversed an order of Special Term, denying a motion, to confirm the report of commissioners of estimate in the above-entitled proceeding and modified and as modified confirmed said report.
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Appeal by the City of New York from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 10, 1919, which reversed an order of Special Term, denying a motion, to confirm the report of commissioners of estimate in the above-entitled proceeding and modified and as modified confirmed said report. Appeal by the Muhlenberg Coal Company from so much of said Appellate Division order as modified the report of commissioners of estimate by striking out an award to it for damages to its plant as a whole. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
This proceeding was instituted on behalf of the city of New York by the commissioner of docks to acquire the wharfage rights not owned by the city appurtenant to pier old No. 49, East river, together with the wharfage rights appurtenant to certain bulkheads, on the southerly side of South street adjacent to and in the vicinity of said pier. On the map attached to the petition parcel A was shown to consist of a bulkhead 72.18 feet in length west of Clinton street claimed to be owned by the Muhlenberg Coal Company. Parcel B consists of a bulkhead 29.3 feet in length adjoining pier old 49 on the…
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