Currier v. West-Side Elevated Patent Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In equity. This was an application for a provisional injunction, to restrain the defend■ants from further prosecuting the construction of an elevated railway in the city of ■New York, in and through the length of Greenwich street, northerly, to the Ninth -avenue, and thence, northerly, through the ■Ninth avenue, to the Harlem river; and from interfering, in any manner, with the “enjoyment” of the plaintiff [John A. Currier] “in his possession” of “two lots on Greenwich…
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In equity. This was an application for a provisional injunction, to restrain the defend■ants from further prosecuting the construction of an elevated railway in the city of ■New York, in and through the length of Greenwich street, northerly, to the Ninth -avenue, and thence, northerly, through the ■Ninth avenue, to the Harlem river; and from interfering, in any manner, with the “enjoyment” of the plaintiff [John A. Currier] “in his possession” of “two lots on Greenwich street,” and of the premises in front of said lots, to the middle line of said street, and from, in any manner, injuring or…
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
The plaintiff" has not furnished any description of either one of the lots referred to in the bill, claimed to be owned by him, but the defendants show that the plaintiff has a deed conveying to him the premises known as No. 201 Greenwich street, being at the northeast corner of Fulton and Greenwich streets, and being bounded, in the deed, on the west by the easterly side of Greenwich street, and on the south by the northerly line of Fulton street. The plaintiff shows no other deed to himself of any premises, and no deed of any portion of the soil of Greenwich…
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