Bemis v. Town of Crown Point

Appeals from an order of the Supreme Court (Meyer, J.), entered December 26, 2012 in Essex County, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in proceeding No. 2 pursuant to Judiciary Law § 756, to hold respondent in contempt.

These appeals involve cases that have been ongoing since 1996 and concern a longstanding dispute between petitioners1 and respondent Edmund Cummings over the use and status of a road known as “Narrowtown Road” located in the Town of Crown Point, Essex County. The road, which traverses Cummings’ property, is an efficient means of ingress and egress for…