Corning v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

These four actions were tried together before the court without a jury. They present common questions of law and fact. The actions were commenced under article 15 of the Real Property Law, to compel the determination of conflicting claims to a portion of the right of way of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company along the easterly shore of Cayuga Lake in the Town of Genoa, Cayuga County.

Plaintiffs, upland owners of property adjoining the railroad’s right of way which runs along the edge of the lake at this point, claim title to said right of way as ultimate grantees of one Daniel Valentine, the…