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Matter of Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 14, 1940
28 N.E.2d 409 (N.Y. 1940)

Opinion

Argued April 9, 1940

Decided June 14, 1940

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.

Thomas R. Wheeler for appellant.

Gay H. Brown and Sherman C. Ward for Public Service Commission, respondent.

John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General ( Henry Epstein and Jack Goodman of counsel), for State Department of Public Works, respondent.

George H. Stover and Frank C. Bowers for Transit Commission, amicus curiae.


Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, FINCH, RIPPEY, SEARS, LEWIS and CONWAY, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 14, 1940
28 N.E.2d 409 (N.Y. 1940)
Case details for

Matter of Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Grade Crossings of the LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jun 14, 1940

Citations

28 N.E.2d 409 (N.Y. 1940)
28 N.E.2d 409

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