In re the Grade Crossing Commissioners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
' Appeal by the claimant, George H. De Grood, from 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 23d day of April, 1901, confirming the report of commissioners of appraisal appointed to ascertain the compensation to be paid to the owners and parties interested in certain lands in the city of Buffalo, .which might be injured by the improvement contemplated in this, proceeding, and also, as…
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' Appeal by the claimant, George H. De Grood, from 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 23d day of April, 1901, confirming the report of commissioners of appraisal appointed to ascertain the compensation to be paid to the owners and parties interested in certain lands in the city of Buffalo, .which might be injured by the improvement contemplated in this, proceeding, and also, as stated in the notice of appeal, from the report of said commissioners, which report was filed in the Erie county clerk’s…
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, J.:
The facts are not in dispute. Pursuant to the provisions of. the Grade Crossing Act of the city of Buffalo (so called), being chapter 315 of the Laws of 1883, as amended by chapter 255 of the Laws of 1890, and chapter 353 of the Laws of 1892, on the 6th day of *72January, 1899, tiré grade crossing commissioners of the city of Buffalo duly., presented their petition to the :Supreme Court, asking for-the appointment of commissioners to ascertain the compensation which ought to be paid to the owners of or parties interested in the premises described in the petition herein and…
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- Utter v. . RichmondNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Pegram v. New York Elevated RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Porter v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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