People ex rel. New York v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 17th day of June, 1920, on the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Erie Special Term. Judgment affirmed, with costs, upon the opinion of Taylob, J., delivered at Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
The following is the opinion of the Special Term:
Taylor, J.:
This is a proceeding to review the legality of an assessment for the cost of lands taken by condemnation proceedings for public street purposes. The improvement consisted in extending Hinman avenue in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., from Grove street to Military road, and was conducted under the revised charter* which was in force until January 1, 1916, and continued thereafter under the commission charter (Laws of 1914, chap. 217, § 146). The regularity of the proceeding is not challenged and the amount of the assessment is not…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Yates v. . Van De BogertNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- People ex rel. New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Co. v. WaldorfAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In re City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lehigh & New York Railroad v. City of AuburnNew York Supreme Court · 1922