City of Buffalo v. Delaware, L. & W. Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Action by the city of Buffalo against the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company to compel defendant to remove its warehouses and other structures from a location about 30 feet wide along the margin of Big Buffalo street, between Commercial and Main streets, known as “Central Wharf,” and between Main and Washington streets, being a distance of something less than 1,000 feet, and to have such territory declared a public highway, and to have the piers, wharves, and…
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Action by the city of Buffalo against the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company to compel defendant to remove its warehouses and other structures from a location about 30 feet wide along the margin of Big Buffalo street, between Commercial and Main streets, known as “Central Wharf,” and between Main and Washington streets, being a distance of something less than 1,000 feet, and to have such territory declared a public highway, and to have the piers, wharves, and docks erected and existing along the same declared to be public piers, wharves, and docks, and to restrain the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtLambert, J.
It is conceded by the pleadings that about the year 1805 Wilhelm Willink and others, as joint tenants, commonly known and described as the Holland Land Company, owned all the land now included within the present limits of the city of Buffalo, which includes the premises in controversy, and that prior to the year 1807 the said Holland Land Company caused a portion of said property to be surveyed, laid out, and subdivided into lots, streets,, highways, and squares, and caused a map or plan thereof, showing such lots, streets, and squares, so surveyed and laid out, to be made by Joseph Ellicott,…
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