Legal Opinion

In re the Proceeding, under the Grade Crossing Elimination Act

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 22, 1938No. Case No. 5991PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtRhodes, J.

The grade crossing sought to be eliminated is on Tioga street in the village of Spencer, Tioga county, N. Y.

The highway in question is of concrete, sixteen feet wide, laid in 1920; it runs in a generally easterly and westerly direction and is crossed by the main line of the Ithaca branch of appellant's road, consisting of one track and a siding, about eighty-two feet easterly from the main track. At the crossing and for a considerable distance on either side the highway, proceeding easterly, descends in a grade of nine or ten per cent. The siding and the main line are different elevations,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. WaltersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Denver & Rio Grande R. Co. v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  3. In re the Hearing on Motion of the CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
  4. In re State Department of Public WorksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. City of Winston-Salem v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1958

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