Brown v. . the New York Central R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment entered upon the order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, entered upon the report of Daniel Lord, Esq., referee. This action was commenced in the Supreme Court, the place of trial being the city and county of New York.
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Appeal from a judgment entered upon the order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, entered upon the report of Daniel Lord, Esq., referee. This action was commenced in the Supreme Court, the place of trial being the city and county of New York. The issues joined therein were referred, and on the trial thereof the following facts appeared, viz.: Prior to the 25th day of March, 1858, the plaintiffs became the owners of the Canandaigua and Hiagara Falls railroad. On that day Mr. C. H. Potter, on behalf of the plaintiffs,…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The facts, as they were found by the referee, established nothing more than that there was a negotiation between the parties, having for its object a disposition of the road to the defendant by a perpetual lease, with the right on the part of the defendant, at some time, to become the purchaser on the payment of $1,000,000. The time when the rent should commence, its amount, when payable, the place of payment, and the sum to be paid by the defendant in order to…
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