Niles v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Robert L. Niles, from a final judgment -of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on.the 22d day of May, 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, sustaining the demurrers of the defendants and dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The demurrers are upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the plaintiff is a large stockholder in the New York and Northern Railroad Company, a domestic railroad corporation owning and operating about sixty miles of railroad in competition with a line controlled by the New York Central and Hudson River railroad, and having valuable terminal facilities and other property in the city of New York and elsewhere; that his stock was of great value; that the defendants wrongfully,…
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