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In the Matter of the Application of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Relative to Acquiring Title for the Purpose of Opening East One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Street, Appellant; William N. Clark et al., Respondents
161 N.Y. 622·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
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Opinion
In the Matter of the Application of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Relative to Acquiring Title for the Purpose of Opening East One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Street, Appellant; William N. Clark et al., Respondents.
Matter of The Mayor, 40 App. Div. 452, affirmed.
(Argued November 20, 1899;
decided December 5, 1899.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 22, 1899, affirming an order of Special Term confirming the report of the commissioners of estimate and apportionment in the above proceeding.
John Whalen, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly, John P. Dunn and Thomas C. Blake, of counsel) for appellant.
Ernest Hall, Thomas S. Bassford, Truman H. Baldwin, John C. Shaw, James A. Deering and Charles V. Gabriel for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.