Selectmen of Norwood v. New York & New England Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three petitions, under St. 1890, c. 428, for the abolition of certain grade crossings in the town of Norwood. The first two petitions, both filed September 22, 1890, by the selectmen of the town of Norwood, alleged that Washington and Guild Streets, public ways in that town, crossed the tracks of the New York and New England Railroad Company at grade, and representing that “ it is necessary for the security and convenience of the public that an alteration should be made in…
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Three petitions, under St. 1890, c. 428, for the abolition of certain grade crossings in the town of Norwood. The first two petitions, both filed September 22, 1890, by the selectmen of the town of Norwood, alleged that Washington and Guild Streets, public ways in that town, crossed the tracks of the New York and New England Railroad Company at grade, and representing that “ it is necessary for the security and convenience of the public that an alteration should be made in said crossing, in the approaches thereto, in the location of said public way, and in the grades thereof, so as to avoid a…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This case comes to us on exceptions of the New York and New England Railroad Company to rulings in the Superior Court, and on an appeal by the same party, involving substantially the same questions as those raised by the bill of exceptions. There are also exceptions of one Shattuck, a landowner, who claimed a right to appear before the court and be heard as a party. There are three petitions under the statute of 1890, c. 428, two by the selectmen of Norwood, and one by the New York and New England Railroad Company, which were ordered to be consolidated and heard as one. They relate to…
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