Legal Opinion
Greene v. Goodwin Sand & Gravel Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1911PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Action to restrain the defendant from closing, excavating or interfering with any part of a highway.
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
These suits arise out of the attempted closing of a highway, leading from Port Washington to Sands Point and sometimes designated as the Barcas Point road. It is testified to be an ancient thoroughfare, and is remembered as an old road by an aged witness able to speak of it as such in the period of 1835 and 1840. Until what is known as the Middle Beck road had been opened, it was the only means of communication from Port Washington to Sands Point and is still much traveled, being the direct route from several residences to Port Washington.
The defendant is a gravel company (organized under the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ackerman v. . TrueNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- The People Ex Rel. v. . NostrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Keeler v. Frost & WordenNew York Supreme Court · 1856
- Reis v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- People ex rel. Bushnell v. NewellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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