New York Court of Appeals
In the Matter of the Petition of Ferdinand Mayer to Vacate an Assessment for Sewers
December 17, 187250 N.Y. 504
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's denial of a petition to vacate a sewer assessment, holding that Chapter 580, a local bill titled “An act in relation to certain local improvements in the city of New York,” complies with Article 3, § 16 of the State Constitution because its title fairly announces a single subject—local improvements—and all of its provisions relate to that subject. Consequently, an assessment cannot be vacated for the omission of a sewerage plan unless actual fraud is shown.