Lehigh & Hudson River Railway Co. v. Village of Warwick
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 15th day of December, 1913, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Orange Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
In February, 1861, Samuel C. Welling conveyed to the Warwick Valley Railroad Company, the predecessor in title and interest of plaintiff, about three acres of land in the village of Warwick. It was bounded on the west by Main street, afterward called Oakland avenue, and on the south by a strip of *57land thirty feet in width, dedicated by said Welling as a public highway, and subsequently known as Railroad avenue. This land was conveyed “ solely for the use and purpose of constructing and maintaining thereon a Rail Road and a Depot, Engine house, turning table, wood sheds, and buildings…
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