People ex rel. Beardslee v. Dolge
New York Supreme Court
CeRtiobARI to review the proceedings of tlie commissioners of highways of the town of Manheim, in laying out a public road across the lands of the relators in the said town.
1Opinion of the Court
Boardman, J.:
The relators have brought this writ of certiora/ri to review proceedings to alter a highway, and lay out a public highway across *311tbeir lands. The first error relied upon relates to the manner of drawing the jury by the town clerk. The Bevised Statutes as amended by chapter 696 of the Laws of 1881, section 1, provide that the clerk shall deposit in the box the names of the persons selected and returned as jurors, who are not interested in the lands through which such road is to pass or be located, nor of kin to the owner thereof, and draw therefrom the names of twelve persons and…
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- The People v. . PetreaNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- People, Ex Rel. Mayor, Etc. v. . McCarthyNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- People Ex Rel. Bowen v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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