Simkin v. New York Central Railroad

This is an action in which the appellee, New York Central Railroad, sued for possession of certain real estate and was awarded judgment in the trial court without the intervention of a jury. The real estate in question was a strip of land on which a spur line was constructed by the appellee in 1890. The deed by which the railroad claims title was executed in 1889 and title is still asserted by it.

The appellant is in the auto salvage business and has been for several years. He placed junk cars on the land in question and on land owned by him adjacent to the railroad property. His answer to the…