What is BURDEN? Definition of BURDEN in Black's Law Dictionary
A burden, as on interstate commerce, means anything that imposes either a restrictive or onerous load upon such commerce. State of Missouri v. Kansas Natural Gas Co., D.C.Mo., 282 F. 341, 345.
Where the Railroad Commission ordered construction of a viaduct carrying a street over railroad tracks, construction and operation of street car tracks on the viaduct was not an "additional burden," and did not entitle abutting owners to damages. In eminent domain or condemnation proceedings see In re Ely Ave. in City of New York, 88 Misc. 320, 150 N.Y.S. 698, 701.
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