In re Grade Crossing Commissioners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Grade Crossing Commissioners of the City of Buffalo and others from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 9th day of November, 1911, confirming the report of commissioners of appraisal herein, and also from the report of said commissioners of appraisal filed in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 23d day of October, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, J.;
In. eliminating the grade crossing of the New York Central Belt Line at Main street, in the city of Buffalo, it became necessary to change the grade of the street. The tracks were depressed about twenty-five feet and a viaduct constructed, carrying the street over the railroad. Commissioners were appointed in this proceeding to ascertain the compensation to' be made to the owners of the lands for damages resulting from that improvement. The award for parcel 2 is challenged by this appeal as excessive. That parcel has a, frontage of about one hundred and eighty feet on Main street,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad v. BlackerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- In re Grade Crossing CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- In re the Grade Crossing CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Matter of Grade Crossing Commr's of the City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1911