Legal Opinion
Avery v. N. Y. C. & H. R. Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 1887PublishedCited by 21 opinions
Appeal from judgment of supreme court, general term, fifth department.
1Opinion of the CourtPeckham, J.
The plaintiff is lessee of certain premises in Buffalo which were originally divided from premises of defendants by a strip of land thirty feet wide, and running from east to west 240 feet, and thence north about 100 feet. All of the property once belonged to one James Wadsworth, who, in 1844, granted and conveyed a portion of it to defendant’s predecessor for the purpose of a passenger and freight depot, and for no other purpose, and described this above-mentioned strip of land, thirty feet wide, as thereby dedicated for the purpose of a public street. Some question was made upon the trial…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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