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In re Board of Water Commissioners

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 15, 1900PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, The Westchester County Water Works Company and others, from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 1st day of September, 1898, confirming the report of the commissioners of appraisal appointed in the proceeding, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered in the office of…

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Appeal by the defendants, The Westchester County Water Works Company and others, from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 1st day of September, 1898, confirming the report of the commissioners of appraisal appointed in the proceeding, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 3d day of October, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a…

1Opinion of the Court

Jenks, J.:

The report of the commissioners states that “ after the taking of testimony was finished, we did, all being present, and without any unnecessary delay, ascertain and determine the compensation which justly ought to be made by the plaintiff to the owners of the property appraised by us. * * * The amount, ascertained and determined by us, as aforesaid, to be paid by - the plaintiff to the owners of and persons interested in the property described in the petition herein and hereinafter described for,the acquisition by the plaintiff ■ of the fee of such property in the name of and on…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Matter of City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1894

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. City of Binghamton v. TaftNew York Supreme Court · 1925
  2. In re Board of Public ImprovementsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  3. In re the Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1931
  4. In re New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1911
  5. In re the Board of Water CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

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