Szaraz v. Consolidated Rr. Corp.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Stephen and Anna Szaraz, challenge a trial court decision denying their request for an order requiring defendant-appellee, Consolidated Railroad Corporation, either to reconstruct a railroad crossing or to pay them compensation for the alleged appropriation of their easement. The lower court also denied appellants’ prayer for an easement of necessity on appellee’s land. We affirm.

Appellants own approximately thirty-seven acres of land located in Hudson, Ohio. The land consists of three undeveloped parcels bisected by the tracks of appellee railroad. The location of the…