Wash. Cemetery v. . P.P. C.I.R.R. Co.

The defendant claims the right to construct and operate its railroad upon and along Gravesend avenue by virtue of the thirteenth section of chapter 531 of the Laws of 1873, as modified by chapter 307 of the Laws of 1874. The act of 1873 is entitled "An act to open, lay out and improve Gravesend avenue, in the county of Kings, and to authorize the construction of a railroad thereon;" and authorizes the laying out, opening and improving of an avenue 100 feet in width, extending from the city of Brooklyn through the towns of Flatbush, New Utrecht and Gravesend to Coney Island beach. By the…