Reisert v. . City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 17,1902, affirming a judgment awarding nominal damages in favor of plaintiff entered upon'a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 17,1902, affirming a judgment awarding nominal damages in favor of plaintiff entered upon'a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The courts will always look for the best measure of damages which can be found.' In the case at bar the rental value cannot be ascertained. A property owner cannot be damaged with impunity simply because he cannot or makes no attempt to rent his…
1Opinion of the Court
This action is brought by a landowner on Long Island against the city of New York to recover damages growing out of the construction, maintenance and operation by it and its predecessor, the city of Brooklyn, of a system of driven wells and a pumping station operated for the purpose of supplying water to the former city, now borough, of Brooklyn.
The Special Term, while finding that the maintenance and operation of these wells and pumping station constituted a trespass against the plaintiff in and upon his land, and thereby lowered the ground water or water table on the same, held that he had…
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- Forbell v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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