Steets v. New York Elevated Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by tlie defendants, Tlie New York Elevated Railroad Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on tlie 19th day of January, 1891, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
It is not necessary to discuss the question of fact in this case, because the evidence which was relied upon by the appellants has no applicability to the issue which was involved.
Our attention is called to evidence in regard to the value of the lot in question, without reference to the building, as being evidence that the property had increased in value since the construction of the elevated road, and had not thereby been injured. This may be entirely true in respect to the lot, whereas the premises may have been very materially injured because of the effect of the building…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bookman v. . N.Y.E.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
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