Murphy v. . City of Brooklyn
New York Court of Appeals
The following is the opinion in this case, in full: “ In the years 1869 and 1870 the board of water and sewerage commissioners of the city of Brooklyn caused a sewer to be constructed through Third avenue in that city. The original plan was to construct the sewer through the avenue to Forty-ninth street, and to have its discharge at that point.
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The following is the opinion in this case, in full: “ In the years 1869 and 1870 the board of water and sewerage commissioners of the city of Brooklyn caused a sewer to be constructed through Third avenue in that city. The original plan was to construct the sewer through the avenue to Forty-ninth street, and to have its discharge at that point. But when the sewer had been constructed to Twenty-eighth street it was there turned northwardly, at right angles with the avenue, and carried out into Gowanus bay several hundred feet, through a wooden box, and there had its discharge. On the northerly…
1Opinion of the Court
Earl, J.,
reads for reversal and new trial; Rapadlo and Andrews, JJ., concur; Rug-er, Ch. J., Miller and Danforth, JJ., concur on last ground stated in opinion; Finch, J., dissents.
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