Matter of Alter'g, Etc., Main St., Sing Sing
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, made October 3, 1883, which affirmed the proceedings of the trustees of the villiage of Sing Sing, in altering, widening and grading Main street in said village, which proceedings were brought up for review by certiorari.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, made October 3, 1883, which affirmed the proceedings of the trustees of the villiage of Sing Sing, in altering, widening and grading Main street in said village, which proceedings were brought up for review by certiorari. (Reported below, 30 Hun, 424.) The principal objection to the proceedings was that jurors were not drawn as required by the act chap. 431, Laws of 1875, amending the provisions of the Revised Statutes, known as the General Highway Act. The particular provisions of the charter…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
Chapter 568 of the Laws of 1880, is entitled “An act to consolidate, amend and revise the charter of the village of Sing Sing.” Section 38, which relates to the laying out, opening and widening streets in the village, is a reenactment of section 1, title 5, of the charter of 1859 (Laws of 1859, chap. 439), which has been incorporated in all subsequent amendments of the charter. The section among other things provides that in all proceedings for laying out, opening and widening streets in the village, the trustees (who are made commissioners of highways for the village) shall conform to the…
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