Town of Easton v. . Canal Board
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered March 24, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered March 24, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The Supreme Court acquired no jurisdiction of the defendants represented by the attorney-general, for there is an attempt here to fix liability against the state without express legislative permission. (Saranac L. & T. Co. v. Roberts, 195 N. Y. 303; Stone v. State, 138 N. Y. 124; Locke v. State, 140 N. Y.…
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
This appeal presents for review a judgment which enjoins and restrains the defendant state officials from failing and refusing to complete the building of a new bridge between the town of Easton in the county of Washington and an island in the Hudson fiver. The judgment directs the appellants to complete the building of this new bridge. The bridge is designed to take the place of a bridge that formerly existed between said points. The mainland of the town of Saratoga is on the west bank of the Hudson river and opposite the town of Easton. In the river between the mainlands of these two towns…
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- Rolston. v. Missouri Fund CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Sanders v. . SaxtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
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