New York Supreme Court, 1823

Kelley v. Horton

Kelley v. Horton
New York Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1823
2 Cow. 424

Counsel

G. Lawrence, for the plaintiff in error., H. Baldwin, contra,

Kelley v. Horton

Opinion of the Court

Curia.

The testimony of the witness who heard the plaintiff tell the overseer that he would open his fence, when , , . the latter wished to work the road, seems to admit that a roaci had been laid there; hut by the 39th section of the act to regulate highways, (2 R. L. 283,) the plaintiff was entitled to 60 days notice from the commissioners, or a majority of them, to remove his fences : and the overseer had no right , ... , . , . to open the road without their orders. The verdict is against ^aw an¿ evidence.

T 1 Judgment reversed.

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