Doren v. Mayor of New-York
New York Court of Chancery
These cases came before the chancellor upon the demurrers of the defendants, the corporation of New-York, to the bills of the complainants respectively.
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These cases came before the chancellor upon the demurrers of the defendants, the corporation of New-York, to the bills of the complainants respectively. The object of the bill in each case was to restrain the corporation from collecting certain assessments upon property owned by the complainants, in the city of New-York, or in which they were supposed to have some interest either vested or contingent, such assessments having been imposed for the purpose of laying out streets and avenues or of opening sewers, &c., or from selling the lands assessed, or advertising the same for sale, or giving…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The objection to the assessments, that the corporation, as at present organized under the act of April 1830, has no power to open streets, confirm assessments, &c. was decided against the complainant in the case of Wiggin v. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of New-York, in March last, (ante, p. 17.) And Í have no reason to change the opinion then expressed, although that case was not in a situation to enable the complainant to review the decision, upon that point, by appeal; as several technical objections existed to his right to the premises as stated in the bill. But if…
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