Township of Riverside v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fort, J.

The Camden and Amboy Eailroad Company, of which the plaintiff in error is the lessee, is the owner of the fee of a strip of land lying north of the railway station and right of way of the said company at Eiverside in this state, which it has owned since 1833.

The strip of land was allowed to be unfenced and as a common for many years.

On the north side of this strip of land there is a road or street, known as Lafayette avenue, which, upon the brief of the plaintiff in error, is conceded to be a public road or highway by dedication.

In 1901, the…