In re Metropolitan Elevated Railroad
New York Supreme Court
At chambers. Application by the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad Company relative to acquiring title to land of Augustus Vogt and others.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
Having been heard at the same time, these cases may be disposed of together. Many of the objections raised by answer or affidavit were not mentioned on the hearing or referred to in the briefs, and are so trivial in their character as not to have been seriously put forward, and therefore require no comment. Other objections which present questions of law have been once passed upon by Mr. Justice Andrews. In re Higgins, Daily Reg. October, 1888. The importance to property owners, however, of some of these latter, which, if sustained, would be fatal to the granting of the petition, and the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Matter of Lockport and Buffalo R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
3Cited by2 opinions
- Benjamin v. Brooklyn Union El. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1902
- In re Long Island RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1892