Macy v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Theodore E. Macy and others against the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company for damages to plaintiffs’ property from the operation of defendants’ road. There was judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBrady, J.
This action was commenced June 13, 1889, and resulted in a. judgment awarding to the-plaintiffs $1,200 for loss of rents, and granting an injunction unless the defendants paid, fora conveyance of the easements purtenant to plaintiffs’ premises, the sum of $5,000. It is found by the learned judge who presided at the trial that the plaintiffs’ testator united, while living, and á member of Macy & Co., in a lease to one William Simpson for five-years of the whole of the locus in quo from September 1, 1888, and that the-lessee since that time had been in possession of the premises. Upon this…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Newman v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Reise v. EnosWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Kenkele v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1890
- Mortimer v. Manhattan Railway Co.The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1890
3Cited by2 opinions
- Suarez v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1891
- Ottinger v. New York Elevated Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1891