In re City of Buffalo
Superior Court of Buffalo
Motion by the corporation counsel of the city of Buffalo to confirm a report-of commissioners fixing compensation to be paid by the city for taking the fee of land within the boundaries of The Terrace and Washington streets, in that city. See 15 N. Y. Supp. 123.
1Opinion of the CourtBeckwith, J.
This is a proceeding instituted by the city to take the fee of the lands within the boundaries of the street called “The Terrace” and a portion of Washington street. The commissioners heretofore appointed “toascertain and report the just compensation to he made to the owners” of the *776lands to be taken have filed their report. The corporation counsel now moves the confirmation of the report, which is opposed by lot-owners. Mr. Locke, of counsel for Mr. Pratt, who is the owner of premises fronting 215 feet on The Terrace, opposes the confirmation upon the ground, among other objections, that a…
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