Judgment affirmed, with costs.
In our opinion, any ambiguity in the deed prepared by defendant, which provides that it shall maintain a "road or farm crossing" over the railroad tracks, must be construed against it (Blackman v. Striker, 142 N.Y. 555, 560). Under the statute existing at the time of the execution of the deed (1869), the railroad was required to maintain a farm crossing even if the deed were silent on this aspect (L. 1850, ch. 140, § 44 as...
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