§ 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.