In re Spier
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Washington county. Application- of William Spier and others, freeholders, to compel the commissioners of highways of the towns of Queensbury, in Warren county, and Moreau, in Saratoga county, to build a bridge across the Hudson river. The order was granted, and the town of Moreau, and John Conlin, commissioner of highways for said town, appeal.
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Appeal from special term, Washington county. Application- of William Spier and others, freeholders, to compel the commissioners of highways of the towns of Queensbury, in Warren county, and Moreau, in Saratoga county, to build a bridge across the Hudson river. The order was granted, and the town of Moreau, and John Conlin, commissioner of highways for said town, appeal. Laws 1857, c. 383, § 1, provides that “ whenever any two or more towns shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge or bridges, the same shall be built and maintained at the joint expense of said towns, without reference to…
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
The southern boundary of Warren county (which is the line dividing the towns of Moreau and Queensbury) is as follows, so far as material: “And southerly by the line last mentioned until it strikes the north branch of Hudson’s river, and by the middle of the said branch, and of the main stream of the said river; until it reaches the south-east corner of the patent of Queensbury, with such variations as maybe necessary to include the whole of every island, any part whereof is nearer to the north or east shore of the said river than to the south or west shore thereof, and to exclude the whole of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Heacock v. ShermanNew York Supreme Court · 1835
- Hill v. . Board of Supervisors of Livingston Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Lapham v. . RiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Phelps v. HawleyNew York Supreme Court · 1870
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- State ex rel. Pankonin v. County CommissionersNebraska Supreme Court · 1899
- People ex rel. City of Glens Falls v. County of WarrenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- People ex rel. Canton Bridge Co. v. Board of Town Auditors of HoriconAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909