Oliver v. Union Point & White Plains Railroad

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

This company was chartered under the general railroad law, the act of 1881, found in the code, §1689(a) ,et seq., its route being located in part upon lands occupied and claimed by Oliver. Before any entry was made upon said lands, the parties proceeded to have the value and the damages assessed by assessors, as provided in section 1689(1). The assessors fixed the compensation at $225, and both parties appealed from the assessment to the superior court, the company giving bond as required by that section. "When the work of grading the road approached very near to…