27:16-38 - Change of grade;  damage suit by property owners

27:16-38.  Change of grade;  damage suit by property owners An action shall lie in behalf of the owner of any real estate situate along  a road owned by or under the control of a board of chosen freeholders, the  grade of which shall have been altered, to recover all damages he shall have  suffered by reason of the altering of such grade.  No such action shall be  brought after the expiration of twelve months from the altering of the grade.