N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co. v. . City of Buffalo

It is not disputed that a railroad corporation on June 23, 1853, purchased in fee that tract of land "bounded by the two outward lines of the railroad constructed or to be constructed by the said company." The lands so described, so far as now under consideration, are further described as being seventy-five feet wide across lot 13 mentioned in the deed conveying said property. The plaintiff is the successor of such railroad corporation.

About the time when such land was purchased by it, the corporation constructed railroad tracks thereon, and it, with other lands constituting its roadway, has…