Le Roy Staunton v. The Texas Company

This is a diversity action for trespass to realty, brought by a citizen of New York against a Delaware corporation, in which the plaintiff claims that the defendant excavated, and laid pipes on plaintiff’s property, which is on the south side-of the Geneva-Waterloo State Highway in the town of Waterloo, Seneca County, New York. ■ Defendant alleged that plaintiff’s deed did not cover the property entered and that in any case, the land involved was part of the State’s right of way adjacent to the State highway. The district court found for the defendant on both grounds. Since we find that there…