U.S. Supreme Court ROBERTS v. CITY OF NEW YORK, 295 U.S. 264 (1935)

[Page 295 U.S. 264, 285]

departing from the restraints of the Constitution of the nation.

With the value of the franchise gone, the public easements in the street, as distinguished from the private ones, had a worth that was merely nominal, at least for any showing to the contrary in the pages of this record.

Other objections have been considered without inducing a conviction that the petitioners have been the victims of any arbitrary rulings.

The judgment is affirmed.

The CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Footnotes

[Footnote *] Many decisions are collected in 40 Yale Law Journal 779, 1074, 1309.