Metropolitan El. Ry. Co. v. Johnston
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company and the Manhattan Railway Company against William H. Johnston. From an order dismissing the complaint on the pleadings, and from a judgment entered thereon, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN BRUNT P. J.
It appears from the complaint complaint herein that in 1877 the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, now the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company, commenced proceedings to condemn *50easements, which they were desirous of occupying for the purpose of the construction of an elevated railway in the city of New York, appurtenant to certain lands in South Fifth avenue, which belonged to one Amos B. Eno, ¿nd which included a portion of the street in front of property No. 227 South Fifth avenue; and that an award was made in such proceedings to said Eno, which was afterwards duly paid to…
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