People ex rel. Cecil v. Carman

John Quinn and others, inhabitants of Southampton, Suffolk county, liable to be assessed for highway labor, applied to the commissioners of highways of the town to lay out a highway. The commissioners of highways refused, and the same petitioners applied to the county court, under chapter 568, Laws 1890, §§ 83, 84, for the appointment of commissioners to lay out the highway, and to assess the damages occasioned thereby. The commissioners laid out the road, and certified relator’s damages for the land which was taken therefor from the relator, Mrs. Cecil. Mrs. Cecil obtained a writ of…