People ex rel. Cook v. Hildreth
New York Supreme Court
Certiorari ex relatione John L. Cook and William H. Cook to review certain proceedings by Egbert H. Hildreth and others, commissioners of highways at the town of Southampton, in Suffolk county, regarding the location of a road.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
In April, 1887, the commissioners of highways of the-town of Southampton, upon a proper petition and certificate of a jury, laid, out the road in question. The petition asked for a different terminus at each end of the new road. This difference was not very great, being probably within 200 feet at one end, and about 1,000 feet from the one proposed at the-other end. The relator appealed, and the referee appointed by the county court affirmed the order of the commissioners in March, 1888. The relator, in April, 1888, obtained a writ of certiorari to review the order of commissioners. Such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lawton v. Commissioners of Highways ex rel. Town of CambridgeNew York Supreme Court · 1804
- Saratoga & Washington Rail Road v. McCoy, Hodgman & WilliamsNew York Supreme Court · 1851
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Cecil v. CarmanNew York Supreme Court · 1893