People ex rel. Wauful v. Reel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Lester Gf. Wauful, from a final order of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 23d day of January, 1913, dismissing an alternative writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The material facts are undisputed. Prior to the passage of chapter 715 of the Laws of 1907, certain highways in the county of Oneida had been designated for improvement as public highways pursuant to the provisions of chapter 115 of the Laws of 1898, as amended, and embraced in such designation was a highway extending from Whitesboro northerly to the Herkimer county line, which passed along the direct route from Trenton to Eemsen. In 1909 the Legislature enacted the Highway Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 25; Laws of 1909, chap. 30), in section 120 of which it designated certain State…
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