Kibbee v. Lyons
New York Supreme Court
Action for an injunction restraining the defendants, comprising the canal board of the state of New York, from abandoning six and five-tenths miles, comprising sections 1 and 2, of the Erie canal.
1Opinion of the CourtNichols, J.
The Erie canal commenced at lock No. 1 in the city of Albany at its junction with the Hudson river and thence extended generally in a northerly direction one and three-tenths miles to lock No. 2; thence northerly five and two-tenths miles to its junction with the Champlain canal from which point of junction the Erie canal extends westerly and the Champlain canal northerly two and twenty-five one-hundredths miles to a point where it crossed the Mohawk river in the pool of the state dam.
Lock No. 1 had a lift of sixteen feet. Lock No. 2 had a lift of about nine and one-half feet. The Champlain…
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- People ex rel. Jordan v. WotherspoonNew York Supreme Court · 1916
- Pelo v. StevensNew York Supreme Court · 1909
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