In re the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the North River Electric Light and Power Company from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special. Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2-lst day of May, 1900, denying its motion for an order Tacating and setting aside an order theretofore made in the proceeding appointing commissioners, of estimate and assessment.
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Appeal by the North River Electric Light and Power Company from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special. Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2-lst day of May, 1900, denying its motion for an order Tacating and setting aside an order theretofore made in the proceeding appointing commissioners, of estimate and assessment. Chapter 544 of the Laws of 1894, referred to in the opinion, is entitled, “ An act to provide for the construction of a bridge over the Mott Haven canal at One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street in the city of New…
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
On the 13th of June, 1899, commissioners of estimate and assessment were duly appointed in this proceeding, which was instituted for the purpose of opening a street to be called Canal place over property constituting part of a canal or waterway between One Hundred and Thirty-eighth and One Hundred and Forty-fourth streets in the borough of the Bronx in the city of New York. The whole extent of the canal is from the northerly bank of the Harlem river to One Hundred and Forty-fourth street. It seems to have been construed in 1855 from the river to One Hundred and Thirty-eighth…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Speir v. . Town of New UtrechtNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- People ex rel. De Forest v. DennistonNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
3Cited by4 opinions
- Matter of City of New York (Exterior St.)New York Court of Appeals · 1944
- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- Matter of City of New York (Exterior St.)New York Court of Appeals · 1944