Matter of of Freeholders of Catt. Co.

This appeal is brought by the commissioners of highways of the two towns named in the proceedings from the order of the Supreme Court, requiring them to repair a bridge across the Alleghany river, constructed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 299, of the Laws of 1862. The river passes through the two towns of Carrollton and Allegany, but does not flow between them and thus separate them from each other. It does not constitute a boundary line between them at any point. The bridge is wholly within the town of Carrolton, about forty rods from the dividing line of the two towns. The petition…