Eggleston v. New York & Harlem Rail Road
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought to recover the possession of a strip of land four rods in width and ninety rods in length, running through the plaintiff’s farm, which the defendants had fenced off, and upon which they had constructed their rail road.
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APPEAL from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought to recover the possession of a strip of land four rods in width and ninety rods in length, running through the plaintiff’s farm, which the defendants had fenced off, and upon which they had constructed their rail road. The answer denied that the plaintiff had any title to the premises, or had ever been in possession thereof; and the defendants alleged that their rail road was laid out and located through the said farm or tract of land on or about the 25th day of June, 1849, with the license and consent of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Emott, J.
This is an action to recover the possession of land. The plaintiff has also claimed damages for withholding the possession, but as he has not recovered any damages, we may lay this part of the case out of the questions now to be considered. The defendants answered, first, denying the plaintiff's title, and denying an unlawful withholding, which is equivalent merely to a denial of any withholding of the possession. Upon so much of the issue *166between the parties, the plaintiff was entitled to succeed when he had proved, as he did, his own title to the premises, and their…
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