In re Mayor of New York
New York Supreme Court
Ulshoeffer, moved to confirm the report of the commissioneis of estimate and assessment.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court said, they had examined the questions presented by his case, and the authorities cited; and were satisfied that the commissioners had proceeded upon a wrong principle; that the mere abuttal upon Mercer Street did not amount to an implied grant of way. (Underwood v. Stuyvesant, 19 John. Rep. 181.) And they adopted what was said upon a similar point, by Parsons, C. J. in Clapp v. M’Neil, (4 Mass. Rep. 590.) The Court holding that the claimants were entitled' to compensation without regard to the supposed easement, the matter was again referred to the commissioners for review upon this…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Underwood v. StuyvesantNew York Supreme Court · 1821
3Cited by7 opinions
- Bissell v. . the New York Central R.R. CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Matter of City of N.Y. (Northern Blvd.)New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- In re One Hundred & Sixteenth StreetAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Champlin v. LaytinNew York Court of Chancery · 1832
- Bissell v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
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