Case Name: Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1962-03-30
Citations: 15 A.D.2d 917
Docket Number: 
Parties: Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 917–917

Head Matter:
(March 30, 1962)
Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Plaintiffs have established, prima facie, that the statute under which the city has acted is unconstitutional for failure to provide the giving of any notice to the owners of property condemned prior to the actual taking of possession. The necessity for notice appears all the more critical in view of the subsequent takings without formal or actual notice (17 Carmody-Wait, New York Practice, § 58, p. 216; Puerto Rico Ry. Light & Power Co. v. United States, 131 F. 2d 491; Porto Rico Tel. Co. v. Puerto Rico Commimications Auth., 189 F. 2d 39; cf. People v. Adirondack Ry. Co., 160 N. Y. 225, 238-239, affd. 176 U. S. 335). Concur —Botein, P. J., Breitel, Rabin, Valente and McNally, JJ.