In re Brooklyn Improvement Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, The Brooklyn Improvement Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 3d day of July, 1916, denying its application for a writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
The petitioner was incorporated by chapter 857 of the Laws of 1866, which gave it the power “to construct, build and maintain docks, bulkheads, piers and basins along the G-owanus canal, ” as the same was then established, and upon lands adjacent thereto.- By chapter 888 of the Laws of 1867 such charter was amended and the company thereby further authorized “to occupy and use, for the purposes of its docks, basins, canals and improvements, such portions of Fourth and Fifth streets as are situated wholly upon its own land between the G-owanus canal and Fourth avenue; and such portions…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Lehmaier v. Interurban Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
- People Ex Rel. Mott v. . Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- People ex rel. Ajas v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- People ex rel. Bourke v. GroutAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- In re McNeileAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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