Erie Railroad v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari, &c. There are two writs of certiorani in this case. The first was allowed on June 16th, 1915, for the purpose of reviewing an order of the hoard of public utility commissioners, dated April 20th, 1915. The second writ was allowed on July 22d, 1915, for the purpose of reviewing an order of the said board, dated July 9th, 1915, denying the petition for a rehearing of the previous order.
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On certiorari, &c. There are two writs of certiorani in this case. The first was allowed on June 16th, 1915, for the purpose of reviewing an order of the hoard of public utility commissioners, dated April 20th, 1915. The second writ was allowed on July 22d, 1915, for the purpose of reviewing an order of the said board, dated July 9th, 1915, denying the petition for a rehearing of the previous order. The order under review was made, by virtue of the alleged power and authority vested in the said board by the statute (Pamph. L. 1913, p. 91), known as the Eielder Grade Grossing act, which is a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered as follows:
I. The first ground of attack made by the prosecutor, the Erie Eailroad Company, is on the construction of the statute. It is contended that the words, “such crossing,” “a crossing,” “the crossing,” in the statute, indicate that it ivas the intention of the legislature to have only one crossing considered in any one proceeding. The petition of the city of Paterson prays for, and the order of the board of *66public utility commissioners provides for, tlie separation or alteration of fifteen separate crossings. The board in its report determined…
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