Talbot v. New York & Harlem Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Emily Talbot against the New York & Harlem Railroad. Company and the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company for an injunction. From a judgment dismissing the complaint on the merits, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFollett, J.
This action was brought to restrain the defendants from maintaining a bridge in Forty-Eighth street, spanning-their tracks and Fourth avenue, and also from maintaining the approaches and walls appurtenant to said bridge. Forty-Eighth-, street is one of the public streets of the city of New York, laid out in 1837 pursuant to chapter 86 of the Revised Laws of 1813, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. An assessment was levied upon the premises now owned by the plaintiff, to-aid in defraying the expenses of opening this street. The street is 60 feet wide between house…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Uline v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Bellinger v. . the New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Reining v. New York, Lackawanna & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Conklin v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Reining v. New York, Lackawanna & Western Railway Co.The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1891
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Grade Crossing CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- In re Grade-crossing Com'rsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897