City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal in the first of the above-entitled actions from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 17, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court.
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Appeal in the first of the above-entitled actions from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 17, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court. Appeal in the second and third above-entitled actions from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 17, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court. The first of the above-entitled actions was brought to recover the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
The questions of law involved in these appeals are the same in each action, with one exception to be noted hereafter, and for convenience the discussion will be confined in form to the first action, although what is said is equally applicable to all, except as otherwise specified.
The charter of the defendant’s predecessor was granted by a special statute entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a railroad in Seventh avenue, and in certain other streets and avenues of the city of New York,” which became a law on the 17th of April, I860, “ notwithstanding the objections of the…
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