Griefer v. County of Sullivan

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Sullivan county, entered upon the decision of the court without a jury adjudging that the defendant Thomas H. Shimer convey to the defendant county of Sullivan certain lands therein described and that the plaintiff recover costs against both defendants.

*386The old Middletown and Wurtsboro turnpike crossed the Wurtsboro mountain a short distance east of the hamlet of Wurtsboro. This portion of the turnpike later became a portion of the State highway known as route 17. At the point involved in this lawsuit the State highway followed the route of the old…