Claims of Beekman v. City of New York

The corporation counsel of the city of New York has appealed from an order of the Rensselaer Special Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 24th day of September, 1937, granting petitioners’ motion for a peremptory order of mandamus against him compelling him to take the necessary steps to procure the appointment of commissioners of appraisal for the ascertainment of damages sustained by petitioners pursuant to the provisions of chapters 723 and 724 of the Laws of 1905 and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. The…