In re Riddell
New York County Court, Otsego County
In the matter of the application of M. H. Riddell to lay out a highway in the town of Milford, Otsego county, N. Y., and the assessment of damages therefor. On motion to vacate the order of the highway commissioners determining that the highway was a public necessity.
1Opinion of the CourtKellogg, J.
This is a proceeding which was instituted by M. H. Riddell, a resident of the town of Milford, to lay out a public highway in said town, under and pursuant to section 82 of the highway law, the same being chapter 568, p. 1193, Laws 1890. Pursuant to the petition herein, commissioners were duly appointed by the County Court, and thereafter such commissioners, after taking the evidence of and in behalf of the parties appearing, determined that the proposed highway was a necessity, and duly filed their decision and determination in the clerk’s office of Otsego county.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Buckhout v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Parsons v. ParkerNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Buckhout v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903