People ex rel. Architects' Offices, Inc. v. Ormond
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William C. Ormond and others, from a peremptory mandamus order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 31st day of March, 1922, requiring the defendants, constituting the board of assessors of the city of New York, to determine the damages caused to the relator's building, known as 101 Park avenue, borough of Manhattan, New York, by the construction of the…
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Appeal by the defendants, William C. Ormond and others, from a peremptory mandamus order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 31st day of March, 1922, requiring the defendants, constituting the board of assessors of the city of New York, to determine the damages caused to the relator's building, known as 101 Park avenue, borough of Manhattan, New York, by the construction of the viaduct in the middle of Park avenue between Fortieth street and the Grand Central Terminal at the northerly line of…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The petitioner is the owner of premises at the northeasterly corner of Park avenue and Fortieth street, having a frontage on Park avenue of ninety-eight feet nine inches, and on Fortieth street of one hundred and fifty-one feet. In or about the year 1853 Park avenue was opened, and it has been improved and used as a public street with a paved carriageway, curbing and sidewalks. On the 2d of April, 1912, the mayor approved a resolution adopted by the board of estimate and apportionment changing the grade of the middle of the street as it then existed, with a view to providing a…
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