Legal Opinion
Matter of City of New York (Brooklyn-Queens Hwy.)
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 29, 1949PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
The City of New York in 1946 instituted condemnation proceedings in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, seeking to acquire real property on the east side of Furman Street in Brooklyn. This property was needed for the construction of a link in the Brooklyn-Queens Connecting Highway which, at this point, is elevated and cantilevered over the bed of Furman Street. The New York Dock Company, owner of almost all of the land between the west side of Furman Street and the East River, filed a claim for damages in those proceedings, asserting that construction of the structure…
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- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
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