Case Name: In the Matter of the City of New York, Respondent, Relative to Acquiring Title to Real Property within the Block Bounded by Jaffray and Other Streets, Duly Selected as a Site for School Purposes, in the Borough of Brooklyn. Celia Rosenthal et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1948-05-17
Citations: 273 A.D. 1018
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the City of New York, Respondent, Relative to Acquiring Title to Real Property within the Block Bounded by Jaffray and Other Streets, Duly Selected as a Site for School Purposes, in the Borough of Brooklyn. Celia Rosenthal et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 1018–1019

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the City of New York, Respondent, Relative to Acquiring Title to Real Property within the Block Bounded by Jaffray and Other Streets, Duly Selected as a Site for School Purposes, in the Borough of Brooklyn. Celia Rosenthal et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Appeal by claimant from a final decree in a condemnation proceeding. Decree affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Lewis, P. J., Carswell and Adel, JJ., concur; Johnston and Wenzel, JJ., dissent, with the following memorandum: A comparison of the basic figures and the award made on Parcels 1 and 2, with those on Parcel 3, clearly indicates that no allowance was made for the improvements on the first two parcels, which were of substantial nature and were disclosed by the evidence to have been of more than nominal value. The decree should be remitted to Special Term for modification by fixing the value of the improvements.