New York & New England Railroad v. Railroad Commissioners

These are three petitions for writs of certiorari, brought against the board of railroad commissioners, all involving the same questions. It appears that in 1877 the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad Company laid out and constructed a railroad, which has since been leased to the petitioner for a long term of years. The railroad ran through land of Mancy M. Daniels, John Sullivan, and the predecessors in title of Susan S. Poor and Henry Poor. From each of these owners the corporation took a warranty deed in common form of the land belonging to the grantor included in its location. In…