Legal Opinion

People ex rel. City of Glens Falls v. County of Warren

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 10, 1915PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 27th day of March, 1915, directed to the County of Warren and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Warren, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Warren all and singular their proceedings had in rejecting the claim of the relator for contribution towards the expense of erecting a bridge across the Hudson river at Glens Falls, N. Y.

1Opinion of the Court

Lyon, J.:

The question involved upon this appeal is as to the liability of the county of Warren to pay a part of the expense of constructing the southerly portion of a public bridge over the Hudson river between the city of Glens Falls in the county of Wai’ren, and the village of South Glens Falls in the county of Saratoga. The Hudson river forms the boundary line between said counties, the dividing line apparently being the center of the northerly channel running between a small island and the *145northerly shore. (Matter of Spier, 3 N. Y. Supp. 438; affd., 115 N. Y. 665.) This island at low…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lapham v. . RiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  2. In re Town of SaratogaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  3. In re SpierNew York Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Lee v. . Town of SaratogaNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  5. Lee v. Town of SaratogaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Khoury v. County of SaratogaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
  2. City of Redding v. County of ShastaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918

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