In re Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by Elizabeth Ransford from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New Y ork Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of June, 1903, denying an application made by the appellant undér section 14 of chapter 1006 of the Laws of 1895. The Special Term denied the petition of Elizabeth Ransford for an order to the commissioners of estimate and assessment, directing them, to ascertain and determine the compensation…
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. Appeal by Elizabeth Ransford from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New Y ork Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of June, 1903, denying an application made by the appellant undér section 14 of chapter 1006 of the Laws of 1895. The Special Term denied the petition of Elizabeth Ransford for an order to the commissioners of estimate and assessment, directing them, to ascertain and determine the compensation that should be made to her for closing Old Quarry road, or a part of East One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street, on which…
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The question presented on petitioner’s claim for damages iff* whether, under the provisions of chapter 1006 of the Laws of 1895, the two-year or the six-year Statute of Limitations is applicable. The appellant insists that map No. 171, filed on June 12, 1890, was-not a legal map, and, therefore, was ineffectual to discontinue old .Quarry road or Valentine avenue or a part of East One Hundred; and Seventy-eighth street. ,
This map was made under the authority of section 672 of chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, as amended by chapter 530 of the Laws of 1885, and also pursuant to…
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- Wood v. . MorehouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Downing v. RugarNew York Supreme Court · 1839
- Chase v. . LordNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- In re Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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