New York Court of Appeals June 5, 1865 (Mills v. . City of Brooklyn)

Denio, Ch. J.

Prior to the more recent legislation on the subject of sewerage in Brooklyn, the common council of that city were clothed with'the usual power to cause streets and avenues to be opened and widened, regulated, graded and repaired, and to cause sewers and drains, wells and pumps to be constructed and repaired; and the expense of such improvements was to be assessed on the property