Snyder v. . Trumpbour
New York Court of Appeals
This is an appeal by the Defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the Plaintiff, rendered in the Third District.
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This is an appeal by the Defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the Plaintiff, rendered in the Third District. The action was brought to restrain the Defendants from opening a highway upon the premises of the Plaintiff, which was claimed by the Defendants to have been legally laid out by the commissioners of highways, and that Plass, who was an overseer of highways of the town, entered upon the premises under the direction of the commissioners for the purpose of opening the road. The cause was tried before Mr Justice Gould, without a jury, at the Ulster Circuit, in May,…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] In Snyder v. Plass (28 N.Y. 465), the plaintiff in this action brought an action to recover damages for an alleged unlawful entry of the defendant, who was an overseer of highways, acting under the direction of the commissioners of highways, who are defendants in this case, upon the premises of the plaintiff, in opening and working a portion of the road in question, and it was held that the plaintiff could not recover. The decision of the court was in part upon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Snyder v. . PlassNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
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- Andrasko v. CalkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1965