Case Name: Diamond International Corporation, Respondent, v. Little Kildare, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-06-14
Citations: 22 N.Y.2d 819
Docket Number: 
Parties: Diamond International Corporation, Respondent, v. Little Kildare, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 819–821

Head Matter:
Diamond International Corporation, Respondent, v. Little Kildare, Inc., Appellant.
Argued April 15, 1968;
decided June 14, 1968.
Lawrence Conboy for appellant.
Adam R. Palmer for respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed and the judgment of Supreme Court, St. Lawrence County, reinstated, with costs, in a memorandum: Mere usage by the public of Water Road as relocated is not sufficient to convert this private road into a public highway absent a showing that the road was kept in repair or taken in charge and adopted by public authorities for the statutory period (Pirman v. Confer, 273 N. Y. 357; People v. Sutherland, 252 N. Y. 86; Speir v. Town of New Utrecht, 121 N. Y. 420; Highway Law, § 189). The record does not show that there has been any exercise óf public dominion over the road in question.
Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel and Jasen. Judge Keating dissents in part and votes to reverse and to grant a new trial at which the plaintiff would have the opportunity to seek an amendment of its complaint and, if granted, to offer further proof to support a finding that the road in question has become a public right of way.