Rigney v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.

The action was brought to recover damages resulting to the plaintiffs from changing the grade of Columbia street in the city of Rensselaer, upon which street the lands of the plaintiffs abut.

For a period of thirty-eight years before the change of grade complained of, Columbia street was carried over the defendant's railroad tracks on a bridge, and there was a slight grade or elevation in the street as it approached the railroad bridge in front of the plaintiffs' land, which lies next to the defendant's railroad tracks. The approach to the bridge did not occupy the whole width of the street,…