In re Board of Street Opening & Improvement of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal ■ by The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty -of the City of New York from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of May* 1897, denying- the application of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York to confirm the- report of commissioners of estimate and assessment, except from that part thereof which reads as follows.: “And it is, on motion of Francis…
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Appeal ■ by The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty -of the City of New York from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of May* 1897, denying- the application of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York to confirm the- report of commissioners of estimate and assessment, except from that part thereof which reads as follows.: “And it is, on motion of Francis M. Scott, Esq., counsel to the corporation, attorney for The Mayor, Aldermen and Common- x alty of the City of New York,…
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This proceeding was instituted on behalf of the city of New York to acquire title to land included'within the boundaries of a street theretofore known as Fox street, or One Hundred and Fiftieth street, and to award damages to the respective owners for the land taken. Commissioners of estimate and assessment were appointed, and in the preliminary report made by them they awarded to the respondents, the executors and trustees of John McConvill, deceased, the sum of $7,200, but in the final report the commissioners reduced this amount to $4,200, the reduction being made by reason…
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- People Ex Rel. Miller v. . GriswoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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