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IN RE PETITION OF BERGEN COUNTY

31 N.J. 254 (1959)

156 A.2d 694

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF THE COUNTY OF BERGEN FOR AN ORDER COMPELLING THE NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY TO REPAIR AND IMPROVE THE BRIDGE ON RIVER ROAD, OVER ITS TRACKS, IN THE BOROUGH OF EDGEWATER, BERGEN COUNTY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. COUNTY OF BERGEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 21, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leon Leighton, of the New York Bar, argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Lum, Fairlie & Foster, by Mr. Raymond W. Troy, a partner, attorneys).

Mr. Milton T. Lasher argued the cause for respondent, County of Bergen.

Mr. David M. Satz, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent, Board of Public Utility Commissioners (Mr. David D. Furman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

The opinion of the court was delivered by FRANCIS, J.

On application of the County of Bergen, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners ordered the appellant, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Company, to reconstruct or replace its bridge which carries River Road over the railroad tracks in the Borough of Edgewater. The appeal to the Appellate Division was certified by this court before argument there.

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