Beardslee v. Dolge.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Herkimer county. Action by Helen G. Beardslee and Guy R. Beardslee against Henry A. Dolge for an alleged false return to a writ of certiorari. From a judgment-entered on a verdict for plaintiffs, and from an order denying a new trial» defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This action was to recover damages for a false return to a certiorari, issued out of the supreme court, to review proceedings of the defendant as a commissioner of highways of the town of Manheim, H. Y., in laying out or altering a highway in that town. The alleged falsity of the return consisted in the statement contained therein “that none of said alteration and highway proposed passes through the buildings or barnyards of Helen C. Beardslee and Guy B. Beardslee, nor do they pass through any yards of "the said Beardslees.” The return of the defendant discloses that one of the questions…
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- Ford v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1828
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