In re William
New York Supreme Court
At the last March special term, R. Emmet, counsel for the corporation, moved the confirmation of the report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment in the case of William-street.
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At the last March special term, R. Emmet, counsel for the corporation, moved the confirmation of the report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment in the case of William-street. This street is widened from Maiden-lane to Frankfort-stieet, and is extended from Frankfort to Chathamstreet. on behalf of many land owners affected by the improvement, was also heard in support of the motion for confirmation. were heard on behalf of twenty-seven persons who object to the report. on a subsequent day, also moved for the confirmation of the report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment…
1Opinion of the Court
The questions discussed on the argument of those motions, and the facts upon which they arose, are sufficiently stated in the opinion delivered :
*681By the Court,
Bronson, J.
The course of the argument in these two cases renders it proper to say, that -whether the common council has too much power in relation to opening and improving streets, and whether the trust has been abused, are questions which belong to the legislature and the people of the city of New-York—not to this court. The power of determining when and what improvements of this kind shall be undertaken, has been confided by law to the…
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