Rumsey v. New York & New England R. R.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the supreme court, general term,, second department, affirming judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
This appeal involves two important questions: (1) The rule of damages applicable generally to such cases, and (2) the right of the plaintiffs to recover anything for the period prior to March 3, 1885. The plaintiffs are, and for more than twenty years have been, the owners of about forty acres of land on the east bank of the Hudson river at Fishkill, bounded on the west by the river, and covering about 1,000 feet of the river front. It also appears that on the 3rd of March, 1885, the state, pursuant to a resolution of the commissioners of the land office, granted to the plaintiffs the lands…
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