Archer v. City of Mount Vernon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Mount Vernon, from a. judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 28th day of February, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the We'stchester Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
This action was brought to vacate two assessments upon plaintiff’s lots on Central boulevard, in the city of Mount Vernon, part, of the assessment being for the purpose of regrading and repaving that highway and Columbus avenue. The plaintiff claimed that, the common council in taking the proceedings which resulted in the assessments did not comply with the provisions of section 187 of the charter of the city of Mount Vernon, that it was, therefore,, without jurisdiction to alter an established grade, and consequently that the assessments are void. The court at Special Term…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Merritt v. . Village of PortchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Drucker v. . Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- O'Reilley v. . City of KingstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Folmsbee v. . City of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Poth v. Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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