Cities Service Oil Co. v. City of New York

Claiming that their right of access to their gasoline station has been unlawfully invaded and that such invasion constitutes a taking of property without due process of law, Cities Service Oil Company and Frank Bronchick, the owner and lessee, respectively, of the premises, seek injunctive relief and damages — an injunction to restrain the City of New York and the New York City Transit Authority from maintaining bus stops on the two streets upon which their property abuts, damages for losses assertedly caused by the interference with their business. The court at Special Term dismissed the com*114p…