Legal Opinion
Camden & Atlantic Railroad v. May's Landing & Egg Harbor City Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 15, 1886PublishedCited by 15 opinions
On error to Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Syckel, J.
This was an action of debt brought in the Supreme Court, to recover the rent alleged to be due from February, 1881, to June 1st, 1882, on a lease of its road executed in 1873 by the defendant in error to the plaintiff in ■error, for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years. The Mays Landing and Egg Harbor road was built under a •charter obtained in 1871, and since its completion in 1872 it has been in the possession of the Camden and Atlantic Company as lessee, until February, 1881, at which time the latter ■company ceased to operate it, and refused to recognize the validity of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Thomas v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Kent v. . Quicksilver Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Bissell v. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad CompaniesNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Woodruff v. . Erie Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Bradley v. BallardIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Taylor Feed Pen Co. v. Taylor Nat. BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Usher v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Hunt v. Hauser Malting Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Melaven v. HunkerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1931
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