New York Central Railroad v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK. This was-a petition of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, as lessee, and the Ne\V York and.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK. This was-a petition of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, as lessee, and the Ne\V York and. Harlem Railroad Company, as owner, to vacate certain ¿ssess-ments for regulating and grading, setting curbstones, paving and other improvements to Yanderbilt avenue East, in the city of Néw York, upon the ground that the property in question had not been, would not' bé, and could not be, benefited in any manner by the improvements. The successive steps towards the proposed improvements were the adoption of resolutions by the local municipal…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beown
Petitioners rely in this case upon the fact that the property assessed consists solely of- a roadway through Park avenue or Yanderbilt avenue East, depressed from ten to eighteen feet below the grade of the street, the sides of which depression are held in place, and faced by a retaining wall, surmounted by an iron fence, whereby all access to and from the roadway to the street is rendered impossible, except at the'intersection of side streets, where bridges are built for the accommodation of traffic. Their claim is that' no possible benefit had, would or could inure to the benefit of the…
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