Legal Opinion

Brehm v. State Roads Commission

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 27, 1939No. [No. 35, January Term, 1939.]PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The State Roads Commission is empowered by the Act of 1931, chapter 539 (Code [Supp. 1935], art. 89B, sec. 13) to abolish a railroad grade crossing of a state highway whenever it shall appear to the commission to be dangerous to public safety or to impede public travel; and to do so it may carry a highway over or under a railroad at the site, or may vacate, relocate or change the lines, width, or direction of the highway, and open a new highway in its place. And there is a second grant of power in an Act of 1935, chapter 537 (Code [Supp. 1935], art. 89B, sec. 32A): "to build and improve roads…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. New York & New England Railroad v. BristolSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Murphy v. State Roads CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
  3. Krebs v. State Roads CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1931
  4. Mayor of Baltimore v. HimmelfarbCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
  5. Ragan v. Susquehanna Power Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1929

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Perellis v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
  2. Lee's Inc. v. Transcontinental Underwriters of Transcontinental Ins.District Court, D. Maryland · 1949
  3. Goldstein v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  4. Anne Arundel County v. Baltimore & Annapolis RailroadCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  5. Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. DukeDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1953

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