New York Court of Appeals November 22, 1901 (Fejdowski v. President of Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.)

Vann, J.

Edison avenue is a public and much traveled street in the city of Schenectady, fifty feet wide, with a sidewalk on each side. It runs approximately north and south and crosses at right angles and at grade the single-track railroad of the defendant. East of the crossing the track is straight for upwards of seven hundred feet and is elevated above the adjacent land from six to eight feet.