In re Grade Crossing Commissioners
New York Supreme Court
Motion by Louise W. Ruchte to be made a party to this proceeding, and to vacate and set aside the report of the commissioners herein, as regards parcel No. 5. The Grade Crossing Act relative to the city of Buffalo is Laws of 1888, chapter 345, as amended by Laws of 1890, chapter 255, and Laws of 1892, chapter 353.
1Opinion of the CourtKruse, J.
This proceeding was instituted under the provisions of the Grade Crossing Act, so-called, which empowers the commissioners to acquire lands for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the act.
Section 12 of the act provides, among other things, that if the commissioners shall decide it necessary, for the purpose of carrying out any plan or modification or alteration of a plan adopted by them, that any street shall be closed or discontinued, or that the grade of any street or portion of any street or public ground shall be changed, and that any property may be injured thereby, for which the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Matter of City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Magee v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Matter of Grade Crossing CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Matter of Grade Crossing CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Soltau v. GerdauNew York Supreme Court · 1888
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