People ex rel. Fiske v. Common Council
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an application for a peremptory mandamus to com- ■ pel the defendants to proceed in the matter of the widening of Fulton street in the city of Brooklyn, and to complete the same. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtS. B. Strong, J.
The common council of the city of Brooklyn, on the 19 th of January, 1854, and shortly after a fire which had consumed all the buildings on the easterly side of Fulton street, opposite the city hall, adopted a resolution in the following wdrds : “ Whereas, that part of Fulton street opposite the city hall is very narrow, and the present is the best opportunity the city may have for some time to widen said street, therefore, resolved, that the matter of widening said street be referred to the street committee.” That committee, on the 24th of the following February, reported that they had…
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