In re the Grade Crossing Commissioners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the -Erie Railroad Company and others from so much ■of 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 •8th day of December, 1899, as confirms an award of $56,000 made to John N. Scatcherd and others by the commissioners of appraisal in the proceeding.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The award is $56,000 for consequential damages to respondent’s premises caused by the construction of a viaduct in Seneca street pursuant to the authority contained in chapter 345 of the Laws of 1888 and the acts amendatory thereof. The premises-consist of. eight acres of land in the city of Buffalo, situate about two miles from the city and county hall, and have a frontage of 259 feet on the southerly side of Seneca street,' that being their only outlet. They were used as an extensive lumber yard and were especially adapted for such use. They are bounded on the west by the…
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