People Ex Rel. E. G.V.R.R. Co. v. . Tubbs

By the 22d section of the general railroad law, every company formed thereunder is required, before constructing its road through any county, to file in the clerk's office a map of the route intended to be adopted in such county, and to give written notice of the route so designated to all actual occupants of the land over which it is to pass.

Any person feeling aggrieved by the proposed location may, within fifteen days after receiving such notice, apply for the appointment of commissioners. If appointed it becomes their duty to examine the proposed route, and to affirm or alter it, as may be…