Legal Opinion

Town of Waterford v. L. B. Brockett Lumber Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 20, 1929PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.

The plaintiff seeks to recover treble damages for injuries to its improved highway caused by the defendant. The highway in question extended northerly and westerly from the village of Waterford to the town of Halfmoon, in Saratoga county. The defendant owned two timber tracts in the tovrns of Halfmoon and Clifton Park. The highway was of ordinary macadam construction, the upper or “ seal ” coat consisting of asphalt and fine crushed stone thoroughly rolled. It was completed late in the fall of 1926. Shortly thereafter the defendant began hauling logs on trucks from its timber tracts over this…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. . RosenheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  2. Amberg v. . KinleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. Jones v. BrimSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Abounader v. Strohmeyer & Arpe Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
  5. Bradley v. . Degnon Contracting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Schutt v. MacduffNew York Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Heart v. FletcherNew York Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Connelly v. Department of Agriculture & MarketsNew York Supreme Court · 1937
  4. People v. Rodenbach, New York County Courts1953
  5. Town of Hempstead v. S. Zara & Sons Contracting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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