N.Y. Highway Law § 204: Actions to compel widening; how affected by petition

§ 204. Actions to compel widening; how affected by petition. In case

an action might lie in any court of this state against the town

superintendent of any town or towns to compel such superintendent to

widen a part of a highway, the width of which has become less than that

required by statute, or in case an action has been brought against such

superintendent to compel him to widen a part of a highway, the width of

which has become less than that required by statute, the presentation of

a verified petition to the county court as provided for in section one

hundred and ninety-nine shall prevent the commencing of any such action

as aforesaid and cause such an action already commenced, to cease, and

shall be a bar to a recovery on the part of the plaintiff of a judgment

against such superintendent in any such action instituted or prosecuted

to judgment after the passage of this chapter.