Court Opinion

ID: 9787074
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 00:10:13.890324+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:36:51.867362
License: Public Domain

Keating, J. (concurring).
I agree that the order appealed, from should be affirmed only because I feel constrained by the numerous decisions of this court which make the rule to be followed unmistakably clear (see Thompson v. Orange & Rockland Elec. Co., 254 N. Y. 366; Osborne v. Auburn Tel. Co., 189 N. Y. 393; Holden v. City of New York, 7 N Y 2d 840). But a rule which had its origin in the limited uses to which public streets were once put should not forever handicap the obvious necessities of modern day needs. At this late date, however, any change to be made should only be made by the Legislature.