Costigan v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On case certified from Hudson Circuit. On demurrer to pleas. Argued at November Term, 1891, before Beasley, Chief Justice, and Justices Depue and Van Syckel.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
The plaintiffs are owners of a lot of land on* which were erected two dwelling-houses. The premises are-situated near to a strip of land on which the defendants are-engaged in constructing a railroad. The declaration charges. *235that “the defendants, wrongfully and injuriously intending, &c., on divers days and times, &c., dumped and filled into- and upon the natural surface of certain lands near to the plaintiffs’ said lot and dwelling-houses, a vast quantity, to-wit, two hundred thousand tons of earth, gravel, stones and other filling, and…
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- Transportation Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Cuyler v. CuylerNew York Supreme Court · 1807
- Thompson v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1888
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