Legal Opinion
Askey & Hager, Inc. v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 21, 1934No. Claim No. 19016PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The question presented is the liability of the State for damages for injury to rights of ingress and egress to property affected by, but not taken for, the reduction of a railroad grade crossing in the city of Buffalo. By force of the Grade Crossing Elimination Amendment to the Constitution of the State of New York (Art. 7, § 14), in effect January 1, 1926, the Legislature passed chapter 844 of the Laws of 1926, adding section 4-a to chapter 231 of the Laws of 1923, an act consolidating the grade crossing commission and the terminal station commission of the city of Buffalo into one…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Grade Crossing CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Matter of Grade Crossing Comrs. of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
3Cited by28 opinions
- Mirro v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
- Coffey v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Knights v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1936
- West 358th Street Garage Corp. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Champion Oil Co. v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1936
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