In re Howland Bridge
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Cayuga county. Application, of certain freeholders of the town of Montezuma for an order-requiring the repairing or rebuilding of a bridge between the towns of Montezuma and Conquest, known as “ Howland Bridge.” Two appeals we retaken,—(1) by petitioners, from an order entered on the 26th day of May, 1890, denying their application, and (2) by the towns of Montezuma and Conquest, from an order dated July 28, 1890, denying costs to them.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
The towns of Conquest and Montezuma join each other in the county of Cayuga, the northerly line of Montezuma being the southerly line of Conquest; and are divided by a branch of the Seneca river. In the south-westerly part of the town of Conquest is an island, known as “How-land’s Island,” being oval shape, the longest diameter being north and south, containing 3,500 acres of land, formed by two branches of the Seneca river, the general course of which is northwardly, the right branch running around the southerly and easterly side of the island, and dividing these towns, and the left branch…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Shellhouse v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Co. v. BachmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Devenpeck v. LambertNew York Supreme Court · 1865
- Speir v. Town of New UtrechtNew York Supreme Court · 1888