Mitchell v. Rochester Borough

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Adams Street, a 40-foot wide thoroughfare in Rochester, accomplishes the unique feat, at the point involved in this litigation, of running upgrade and downgrade at the same time. This paradox is explained by tbe fact that a strip 12 foot wide on the northern sides rises, by means of a ramp, to another; thoroughfare called Rome Avenue, while the' rest of the street proceeds downhill to ah intersecting highway known as New Hampshire Avenue. The ■ ramp, . which lifts Adams Street to the elevation'necessary to carry it to Rome Avenue, is supported by a concrete…