Lay v. Carter
New York Supreme Court
Action by Hiram Lay and others against Eleazer Carter and the Town of Seneca Falls to restrain defendant Carter from interfering with the fence or any portion of a family cemetery. Judgment establishing boundaries.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
For nearly a century there has existed and been in common use for burial purposes a cemetery located on the south side of Washington street in the village of Bridgeport, formerly West Cay*1082uga, Seneca county, N. Y. This cemetery occupied lots No. 41 and 42 on a map called the “Annin Map,” which was made about 1801. Just south of and adjoining this cemetery is lot No. 40, and a portion of it has been used as a burying ground by members of the Lay family for a period exceeding 75 years. The cemetery first mentioned was commonly called the “Bridgeport Cemetery,” while the burying ground on lot 40,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mitchell v. . ThorneNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by3 opinions
- Chew v. First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, Del., Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1916
- Rodman v. MishSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- Clarke v. KeatingNew York Supreme Court · 1918