Rochester & Syracuse Rail Road v. Budlong
New York Supreme Court
Present, Welles, Sellen and Johnson, Justices. This was an appeal from the appraisal and report of the commissioners appointed to ascertain and appraise the compensation to he made to the appellant for his land proposed to be taken by the Rail Road Company, to the general term of the Supreme Court. The facts will sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Johnson, Justice.
On the hearing before the commissioners, as appears by their report of the proceedings and evidence now before us, the appellant offered, amongst other things, to prove by competent witnesses how much, in their opinion, his property would be diminished in value by taking from it the piece of land proposed to be taken by the company; taking the situation of the fields, the facilities of water for farming purposes, and the construction of the road as the company proposed to build it, into the account. He also offered to prove by the opinions of witnesses what…
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