The City of Oswego v. . the Oswego Canal Company
New York Court of Appeals
* Appeal from the general term of the Su- ,r ^gg preme Court, in the fifth district, where a judg- *- ment of nonsuit had been affirmed.
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* Appeal from the general term of the Su- ,r ^gg preme Court, in the fifth district, where a judg- *- ment of nonsuit had been affirmed. This was an action on the case, brought by the President and Trustees of the Village of Oswego against the Oswego Canal Company, to recover damages for the obstruction of Seneca and Cayuga streets, in the said village, by the construction of the defendants’ canal across the same, without bridges; and to recover the expenses incurred by the village in building bridges across the said canal, and keeping them in repair, after a refusal of the defendants to do…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Any individual may lay out a way or thoroughfare through his own land; and may dedicate it as such to the public use. But such dedication does not impose upon the towns in which the lands lie, the duty…
2Cited by26 opinions
- Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- City of Cohoes v. President of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Stewart v. . TurneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Littler v. City of LincolnIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- City of Indianapolis v. Indianapolis Water Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1916
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