Ausable Co. v. Hargraves
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Essex county. Action of trespass by the Ausable Company against Seth Hargraves. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.
The lands of the parties lie opposite each other. The plaintiff’s land is bounded on the west “by the middle of the old High-I3ridge road,” and the defendant’s on the east by the same line. The Great Northern Turnpike Company was, by chapter 76 of the laws of 1805, authorized to construct a turnpike road from a point in Washington county to the north line of the state, through Essex and Clinton counties. Commissioners were provided to lay out such road, and it was made their duty to file, “in every county through which such road should pass, an accurate map of the survey of the same in such…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Glover v. ShieldsNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- Jones v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Jones v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1876