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Gould v. . Hudson River Railroad Company

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 5, 1852PublishedCited by 67 opinions

Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the second district, where a judgment entered in favor of the defendant, on demurrer to the complaint, had been affirmed.

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Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the second district, where a judgment entered in favor of the defendant, on demurrer to the complaint, had been affirmed. (Reported below, 12 Barb. 616.) This was an action to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the construction of the defendant’s railroad between the plaintiff’s farm and the channel of the Hudson river. *The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was, -I and for three years past had been, the owner and in the actual occupation and possession of a farm of land, in the town of Stockport, in the…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lansing v. SmithCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1829

3Cited by67 opinions

  1. Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
  3. Scranton v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Rigney v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. ArmstrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1871

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