In re Low
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by The City of New York from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New Y orle Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of Febiuary, 1905, granting an allowance to property owners in a proceeding to acquire title to lands in the city of Hew York, borough of The Bronx.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J. :
The rapid transit commission, under authority conferred upon it by what is known as the Rapid Transit Act* (Laws of 1894, chap. 752, as amd. by Laws of 1895, chap. 519), instituted a proceeding to acquire title to lands situated in the borough of The Bronx in the city of Hew York, such lands consisting of a block bounded by Bergen avenue, Westchester avenue, Brook avenue and Gerard street. Upon that application commissioners were duly appointed who made certain awards for the property separately to the several owners thereof. Thereafter such owners, or some of them, applied to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- In re Town of HempsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by5 opinions
- City of Los Angeles v. VickersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927
- Matter of LowNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- In re SimmonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- In re the PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1910
- In re CheneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939