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People ex rel. Reynolds v. Common Council

Superior Court of Buffalo

Decided December 15, 1892PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from an order granting a peremptory mandamus directing defendant to audit a certain claim of Amelia Reynolds, referred to in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Titus, Ch. J.

This proceeding is instituted under chapter 393 of the Laws of 1890, authorizing the city of Buffalo to audit and adjust the amount of damage which has been occasioned to the property of Amelia E. Reynolds.

In 1885, certain proceedings were instituted hy the city of Buffalo to take lands necessary to extend Elmwood avenue from Butler street to Forth street. The land of the respond ent adjoined property through which the street passed.

On this land ivas a large double house, a part of which was on the property taken, and the other part on the land of the respondent. Fo portion of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Otsego County Bank v. Board of Supervisors of Otsego CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Culross v. . GibbonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. People Ex Rel. Conway v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  4. In the Matter of Comrs. Wash. ParkNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  5. People ex rel. Fountain v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1848

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Sherrill v. GuggenheimerNew York Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Adams v. StillmanCity of New York Municipal Court · 1893
  3. Moore v. Hanover National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903

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