Legal Opinion
Tilton v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 15, 1940No. Claim No. 24468PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCurn, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment against claimant after trial in the Court of Claims. The claimant and his predecessor had for many years operated a street railway system over various streets of the city of Syracuse pursuant to authority given by various franchises. Claimant operated his street cars over tracks laid in James street and North Salina street in Syracuse.
In the summer of 1934 a grade crossing elimination project was in progress in the city of Syracuse. When the time came for the erection of heavy girders to carry the new elevated railroad structure across James street and North…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Transit Commission v. Long Island RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Electric Light & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Champion Oil Co. v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1936
- Moller v. New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Brooklyn Elevated Railroad v. City of BrooklynAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Binghamton Gas Works v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1945
- Consolidated Edison Co. v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1949