Oswego & Syracuse Railroad v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the claimants, The Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Company and another, from a judgment, decree and determination of the Court of Claims in their favor, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 1st day of March, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
In 1901 the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, as lessee of the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Company, constructed a bridge across the Seneca river about one mile and a half east of Baldwinsville, N. Y. Five of the piers of the bridge stood upon the river bed, the title to which was in the State. The bridge was built under a permit containing a reservation of the Superintendent of Public Works of the right to revoke and annul the permit, and cause the railroad company to remove the bridge at its own expense from the limit of ten rods of the Oswego canal, and upon the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. v. . Canal BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Canal BoardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Rogers v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
3Cited by1 opinion
- Storm v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923