In re the Board of Water Supply
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the claimant, Jerome H. Buck, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Ulster Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 20th day of April, 1920, denying his motion- to set aside and vacate the report of commissioners of appraisal herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Kiley, J.:
The commissioners of appraisal made an award in favor of the appellant for property taken for the Ashokan reservoir, New York city water system. The report was filed January 26,1920. The appellant, not satisfied with the award, served notice of motion on January 30,1920, to have the same vacated and set aside. Section 15 of chapter 724 of the Laws of 1905 provides that the corporation counsel shall have ten days after receiving notice of the filing of the report to make a motion for confirmation thereof. It will be seen that the action of the corporation counsel is limited to a…
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