Sauer v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tbe defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff,- entered in the office of the clerk of .the county of Hew York on the 27th day of ’October, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $30,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of October, 1898, denying the •defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J. :
The city of Hew York, in 1890, commenced to construct, and in 1893 completed, a viaduct extending from St. Hicholas avenue through One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street to a bridge over the *306Harlem river. The plaintiff owned certain property situated on One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street in front of which the viaduct passes, and this action was bought to recover the sum of $90,000-damages alleged to have been sustained by him, upon the ground that the construction and operation of the viaduct diminished the-easements of light, air and access appurtenant to and connected with his…
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- In re GilroyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Newton v. ArmstrongNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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