Legal Opinion

N. York N. Eng. R. R. Co. v. Comstock

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 4, 1891PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a complaint for an injunction to prevent the defendants from crossing the railroad track of the plaintiff. The following is a brief statement of the material facts contained in the finding.

The land in question, now occupied by the plaintiff's railroad tracks, was formerly owned by William G. Comstock, the father of the defendants, who derived title by deed from him, and it formed part of one contiguous tract of land forty-four rods wide, and extending easterly from Main Street in East Hartford about two hundred rods. In 1875 the Connecticut Central Railroad Company took, by…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River v. Nashua & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  2. Presbrey v. Old Colony & Newport Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  3. Jackson v. Rutland & Burlington RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1853
  4. Williams v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1851
  5. Troy v. PotterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1869

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Center Bridge Co. v. Wheeler & Howes Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  3. Neitzel v. Spokane International Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
  4. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
  5. Turner v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920

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