Legal Opinion
Matter of City of New York (Allen St.)
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 12, 1931PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
Pursuant to resolution of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopted May 27th, 1926, the city of New York instituted proceedings to acquire title in fee to real property required for the widening of Allen street. Title to this real property became vested in the city on December 10th, 1926 (Greater New York Charter, § 976). Compensation or damages must be awarded and paid to the owner of the real property taken (§ 970); and an owner includes any “ person having an estate, interest or easement in the real property to be acquired or a hen, charge or encumbrance thereon ” (§ 969, subd. 3).
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Banner Milling Co. v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Edmands v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Pause v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Emery v. Boston Terminal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
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- Matter of City of New York (Whitlock Ave.)New York Court of Appeals · 1938
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