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In re Mayor of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Appeal by the petitioner, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Hew York, from an order 'of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 30th day of April, 1897,. authorizing and directing commissioners of estimate and assessment heretofore appointed by the court in this proceeding to ascertain and determine the compensation to which the respondents are entitled by reason of the…

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Appeal by the petitioner, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Hew York, from an order 'of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 30th day of April, 1897,. authorizing and directing commissioners of estimate and assessment heretofore appointed by the court in this proceeding to ascertain and determine the compensation to which the respondents are entitled by reason of the closing of Gerard avenue in front of their property, and to appraise and state the value of the right, title and interest of…

1Opinion of the Court

Patterson, J::

This is an appeal by the mayor, etc., of the city of Hew York from an order made at the Special Term, by which commissioners of estimate and assessment, appointed in the above-entitled proceeding, were authorized and directed to ascertain and determine'the compensation which should justly be made for the loss and damage to the petitioners (respondents) caused by the discontinuance and *145closing of a part of Gerard avenue between One Hundred and Sixty-eighth and One Hundred and Sixty-ninth streets in the city of Hew York, to wit, the closing of so much of that avenue as has been…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
  2. People Ex Rel. Griffin v. Mayor of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
  3. Meyer v. Village of TeutopolisIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  4. In the Matter of the Petition of BarclayNew York Court of Appeals · 1883

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. City of Lynchburg v. PetersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  2. Freeman v. City of CentraliaWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Matter of Mayor, Aldermen Commonalty of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
  4. In re the City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  5. Barber v. . WoolfNew York Court of Appeals · 1915

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