Ayres v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Magie, J.

This writ of error brings up a judgment in favor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (which is the defendant in error) against Jane L. Ayres (who is the plaintiff in error), rendered in an action of ejectment brought by her to recover possession of a strip of land one hundred and twenty feet long by seven and one-half feet wide., lying within the lines of a public highway in Rahway, and occupied by a track of the railroad company.

The cause was tried without a jury, and the following facts appeared:

On June 4th, 1835, Louis B. Brown acquired…