Legal Opinion
Plate v. . New York Central R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 5, 1868PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClerke, J.
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries caused by keeping and maintaining the Defendants’ railroad track, and ditches along the side thereof, in such manner as to cause the water to flow back upon land belonging to Plaintiff, in injury of his crops.
George M. Barnes, being then owner of said farm, conveyed, on the 27th August, 1852, to the Buffalo and Lockport R. R. Co., a strip of land five rods wide through the same, on which the railroad was constructed.
The Defendant, by the consolidation of several railroad companies, under the act of 1853, succeeded to all the rights of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Caldwell v. MurphyThe Superior Court of New York City · 1852
- Blunt v. McCormickNew York Supreme Court · 1846
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- Harvey v. Mason City & Fort Dodge RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Nashville v. ComarTennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Uline v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Stowers v. . GilbertNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
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