Legal Opinion

Rathbun v. Acker

New York Supreme Court

Decided September 4, 1854PublishedCited by 25 opinions

This was an appeal, by the plaintiffs, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Marvin, P. J.

By’the act incorporating 'the village of Medina, passed May 9, 1837, the trustees are 'authorized to make by-laws for a variety of thingsj and to provide for, 'and open, streets, and regulate the grading, paving, répáiririg and improving the-same; to compel the owners, of lots'-and grounds to construct side-walks in front thereof, and to cover such side-walks with gravel, or to flag them with bricks or stones, and keep them in repair. The trustees are authorized’ to- prescribe penalties for a violation of the by-laws. The by-laws are to be published before they take…

2Cited by25 opinions

  1. Peabody v. . SatterleeNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. North v. JoslinMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Haldane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  4. Ryan v. KellyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1880
  5. Producers Oil Co. v. DanielsTexas Supreme Court · 1922

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