Legal Opinion
Bost'n and A.R.R. Co. v. . Vil. of Greenb'sh
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 6, 1873PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The validity of the act of 1853 authorizing the laying out of streets and highways across the track of railroads, without compensation to the owners of such railroads, was affirmed inThe Albany and Northern Railroad Co. v. Brownell (24 N.Y., 345), upon grounds entirely satisfactory to this court, and we concur in the construction of the act given in that case. The only debatable question is whether the track proposed to be crossed is such a track as is authorized by the act to be crossed without compensation. The "track" specified in the act may include one or more single tracks, but should,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Albany Northern Railroad Company v. . BrownellNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
3Cited by17 opinions
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- City of Grafton v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1907
- St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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