People ex rel. Myer v. Adam
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 14th day of February, 1902, directed to Robert B. Adam and others, as grade crossing commissioners of the city of Buffalo, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Erie all and singular their proceedings in relation to determining whether the relator’s property ivas injured by the change of grade of Washington street in the city of Buffalo, pursuant to a plan adopted by…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 14th day of February, 1902, directed to Robert B. Adam and others, as grade crossing commissioners of the city of Buffalo, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Erie all and singular their proceedings in relation to determining whether the relator’s property ivas injured by the change of grade of Washington street in the city of Buffalo, pursuant to a plan adopted by such grade crossing commissioners.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The Grade Crossing Act (Laws of 1888, chap. 845, as amended) provides a detailed and extensive scheme “ for the relief of the city from the obstruction of the streets of the city of Buffalo by railroads crossing the same at grade.” The mode of procedure is mapped out in detail in the act, and the large expense to be incurred in the execution of the iilan is to be borne conjointly by the railroad companies and the city. Section 12 of the act (as amd. by Laws of 1890, chap. 255) provides for the ascertainment of damages caused by carrying out the plan contemplated, and tentatively,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Myer v. AdamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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