New York Court of Appeals

Peter Folmsbee, Respondent v. the City of Amsterdam, Appellant

April 10, 1894142 N.Y. 118

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment awarding the plaintiff damages for the illegal re‑grading of Spring Street and vacating the assessment for sidewalks. It held that the municipality lacked authority to change the street grade without a petition and compensation, and that the sidewalk assessment was void because it included an unauthorized sidewalk on Kimball Street.