Case Name: In the Matter of the Petition of the Metropolitan Transit Company
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1887-03-31
Citations: 7 N.Y. St. Rep. 477
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Petition of the Metropolitan Transit Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 7
Pages: 477–478

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Petition of the Metropolitan Transit Company.
(Supreme Court, General Term, First Department,
Filed March 31, 1887.)
Railroads—Proceedings to condemn property—Who have right to BE HEARD—AMENDMENT OF PETITION—HOW MADE.
Under a petition to ascertain what compensation is to be paid; all parties having any interest in the street through which the road is to pass, have a right to he heard. An application to amend the petition should he made at the special not the general term.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We are of the opinion that under the petition in this proceeding, as it stands, all parties having any interest in the streets through which the petitioners' road is to pass have a right to be heard, as all rights might be condemned thereunder, and the order appealed from must be reversed, with costs, and the petition remitted to the special term for further action.
An application having been made to the general term to amend the petition by limiting the proceedings thereunder to the ascertainment of the compensation to be paid to the city of New York for the use of the streets by the peti tioner, we are of the opinion that such application should be made to the special term, and our decision herewith announced upon the order appealed from is made without" prejudice to such application.