People ex rel. New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Co. v. Waldorf
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 10th day of October, 1912, directed to Frederick H. Waldorf, mayor of the city of New Bochelle, and others, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester all and singular their proceedings had in confirming the report of assessors appointed to apportion the expense of the improvement of certain streets in the city of New Bochelle.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
On September 27,1910, the common council of New Bochelle, pursuant to article 30 of the charter (Laws of 1910, chap. 559), resolved that the cost of widening North avenue be defrayed by an assessment laid upon the entire city as the area of assessment. On March 28, 1911, the common council amended its resolution by charging one-third of the cost upon an area of assessment constituted by properties fronting or abutting on the said avenue and charged the other two-thirds upon the city at large.
It is contended that in the absence of specific statutory authority the second resolution…
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