Walker v. State of New York

This appeal involves the meaning of the term - “ farm crossing ”. The issue is whether, as a matter of law, the Appellate Division erred when, in affirming an increment allowance, it decided that the “ farm crossing ” here involved can be expanded to include access for potential industrial use.

Claimants are the owners of two contiguous pieces of property, each bounded on the south by a former railroad right of way 99 feet in width. Access to the properties was over the right of way of two farm crossings — one created by deed reservation, the other by statute (Railroad Law, § 52). Both were…