Milhau v. . Sharp
New York Court of Appeals
This action was brought by four persons, inhabitants of the city of Mew York, severally owning lots with valuable buildings thereon, situated upon Broadway in that city, and claiming to own the fee of the land in front of their several buildings to the centre of the street, subject only to the public easement, or right of way over it; the object of the action being to prevent by perpetual injunction, the defendants from laying a railway track in Broadway and running cars…
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This action was brought by four persons, inhabitants of the city of Mew York, severally owning lots with valuable buildings thereon, situated upon Broadway in that city, and claiming to own the fee of the land in front of their several buildings to the centre of the street, subject only to the public easement, or right of way over it; the object of the action being to prevent by perpetual injunction, the defendants from laying a railway track in Broadway and running cars thereon for the carrying of passengers in pursuance of a resolution of the common council of that city. The plaintiffs…
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- Goszler v. Corporation of GeorgetownSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
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