Grosz v. Town of South Bristol

OPINION OF THE COURT

James R. Harvey, J.

Petitioners bring this article CPLR 78 petition to challenge respondent’s action in declaring the eastern portion of School House Road “qualified abandoned.” The road had previously been classified as “abandoned”. The change in classification al*62lowed the road to be opened to the public. Petitioners contend that once the town declared the road abandoned, the road became the private property of the adjoining landowners.

Petitioners own property on Gulick Road in the Town of South Bristol. School House Road runs between the two pieces of property.…