Town of Wirt v. Board of Supr's
New York Supreme Court
Controversies between the town of Wirt, the town of Belfast, and the town of Friendship, respectively, as plaintiffs, and the board of supervisors of Allegany county, as defendant, submitted without action on an agreed statement of facts, under Code Civ. Proc. § 1279. Judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWard, J.
The towns of Wirt, Belfast, and Friendship, in the county of Allegany, in December, 1894, respectively presented to the board of supervisors of Allegany county a verified petition, through the supervisors of their respective towns, setting forth that in several years mentioned the expense for the construction, care, maintenance, and repair of its bridges had exceeded one-sixth of 1 per centum on the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the town for that year, and claiming that the county should pay not less than one-third part of such excess. These claims were made under section 130…
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