In re the Application of Constant Webster
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Philip Purcell, as commissioner of highways of the town of Kinderhook, Columbia county, H. Y., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Columbia Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia on the 10th day ■of May, 1902, compelling him to unite with the commissioners of highways of the town of Chatham in the repairing or rebuilding of ■a bridge over a stream dividing the two towns.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
It appears from the affidavits of the appellant used on the application referred to that by an act of the Legislature passed in 1818 (Chap. 91) the town of Ghent was created from portions of *561the territory forming the then existing towns of Chatham, Claverack and Kinderhook, and, through said act and proceedings taken under said act, the town of Ghent was charged with the maintenance of that portion of said bridge now sought to be charged to the town of Kinderhook, and, the town of Kinderhook was thereby forever relieved from maintaining the same; that ever since the said charge…
2Cited by1 opinion
- In re Constant WebsterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905