In re De Camp
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by the contestants, Edwin B. Weeks and others, from an ■order of the County Court of Tompkins county, entered in the •office of the clerk of the county of Tompkins on the 10th day of November, 1893, modifying the findings and report of commissioners, with notice of an intention to bring up for review on such appeal the report of the commissioners dated July 11, 1893, and all other proceedings in the application.
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Appeal by the contestants, Edwin B. Weeks and others, from an ■order of the County Court of Tompkins county, entered in the •office of the clerk of the county of Tompkins on the 10th day of November, 1893, modifying the findings and report of commissioners, with notice of an intention to bring up for review on such appeal the report of the commissioners dated July 11, 1893, and all other proceedings in the application. In May, 1893, Daniel De Camp signed and verified a petition to the commissioner of highways of the town of Lansing in the county ■of Tompkins, asking to have laid out “ a…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
Chapter 568 of the Laws of 1890, known as “ The Highway Law,” contains the provisions under which the proceedings were prosecuted, and in section 89 it is provided that any party interested in the proceedings “ may apply to the court appointing the commissioners for an order confirming, vacating or modifying their decision, and such court may confirm, vacate or modify such decision. If the decision be vacated the court may order another hearing of the matter before the same or other commissioners. If no such motion is made, the decision of the commissioners shall be deemed…
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