Legal Opinion
Bookman v. . N.Y.E.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 28, 1893PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff was at and before the commencement of this action the owner of lots No. 261, 1028, 1240, 1242, 1244, 1246, 1248 and 1255 in Third avenue in the city of New York. The defendants' elevated railroad was constructed and is maintained and operated through that avenue. The plaintiff commenced this action against them and prayed for the relief usual in this class of actions.
The court upon the trial found the rental damages to the lots to be $17,500, and the fee damages $22,000. Most of these lots were situated in the neighborhood of Seventy-seventh street, several miles from the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Newman v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by8 opinions
- Matter of City of New York (Exterior St.)New York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Cook v. New York Elevated RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Steets v. New York Elevated RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Skelly v. New York Elevated RailroadNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- Kahn v. New York Elevated RailroadNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
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