Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Barclay E.V. McCarty, Jared G. Baldwin, Jr., William H. Snowden for Francis K. Pendleton, Corporation Counsel ( Theodore Connoly, John P. Dunn Thomas C. Blake of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of the Application of THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Relative to Acquiring Title to Lands for the Purpose of Opening Mount Vernon Avenue. SAMUEL H. VALENTINE, as Trustee under the Will of SAMUEL M. VALENTINE, Deceased, Appellant; THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., GRAY, HAIGHT, VANN, WILLARD BARTLETT, HISCOCK and CHASE, JJ.