Legal Opinion

Smith v. New York Central Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 4, 1932PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.

On May 24, 1838, the Syracuse and Utica Railroad Company, which by various mergers has now become a part of the New York Central Railroad Company, the defendant in this action, acquired title to a strip of land eighty feet in width, extending in an easterly and westerly direction across the farm of Amos Wetmore in the town of Whitestown, Oneida county, upon which it subsequently built its tracks and roadbed. This strip cut the farm in such a way as to leave approximately fifty-seven acres on the north of the railroad right-of-way, and a large piece on the south.

In 1882 the New York Central…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. White v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Wells v. . GarbuttNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Heyman v. . BiggsNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. New York & New England Railroad v. Railroad CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
  5. Concklin v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Bains v. ParkerTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Miller v. Edmore Homes Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
  3. Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc. v. BaltimoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
  4. Ciufo v. CiufoNew York Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Nemmer Furniture Co. v. Select Furniture Co.New York Supreme Court · 1960

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