People ex rel. Astor v. Stillings
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 31st day of January, 1907, directed to William E. Stillings, chairman, and others, as commissioners, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings'had in relation to their decision in dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, a certain claim for damages filed by the relator. -
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke,' J.:
This is a writ of certiorari to review a determination of the change of grade damage commissioners, appointed finder chapter 537 of" the Laws of 1893, as amended by chapter' 567 of the-Laws of 1894 and chapter 747 of the Laws of 1905, in dismissing the relator’s claim for damages on the ground that they were without jurisdiction to try it. -
The determination ¿¡of the commissioners is reviewable by writ of certiorari. (Matter of Fitch, 147 N. Y. 334.)
The-relator was the owner of a parcel of land lying between River avenue on the east and Cromwell avenue on the west, and extending,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Birdsall v. . ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- People Ex Rel. Purdy v. . FitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Board of Water Com. of Cohoes v. . LansingNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- People Ex Rel. Brisbane v. ZollNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Matter of FitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
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