Spottiswoode v. Morris & Essex Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In ejectment. On rule to show cause. On case tried in the Essex Circuit. Verdict for the plaintiff. Rule to show cause granted and case made and certified to this court for its advisory opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by. George Spottiswoode against the Morris and Essex' Railroad Company to l’ecover possession of two parcels of land situate in the city of Orange. Both parties claim title under Ezra Gildersleeve.
The Morris and Essex Railroad Company was incorporated January 29th, 1835. By the sixth section of the act of incorporation the company was authorized and invested with all *324the rights and powers necessary to lay out and construct a railroad from Morristown to the city of Newark, not exceeding sixty-six feet…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Croxall v. ShererdSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Fisher v. New York & New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Littlefield v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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- Chidester v. City of NewarkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
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- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Board of Bond Trustees of Special Road & Bridge District No. 1Supreme Court of Florida · 1926
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