Adee v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Actions by Fred Adee against the Nassau Electric Railroad Company and another, and Florence Adele Lott and another against the same. From judgments in favor of the plaintiffs, defendants-appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGoodrich, P. J.
The plaintiffs are the owners of two lots outlie southerly side of Union street, Brooklyn, together with the fee-of the land lying in the street in front of their premises to the-center thereof. Union street is a public street of the city, but the city has only an easement therein, never having condemned the fee of the street. The defendants are about to construct a street-surface electric railroad in Union street and upon the land of the plaintiffs, without having taken condemnation proceedings to acquire the title of the plaintiffs or obtaining their consent or compensating them. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Craig v. . Rochester City Brighton R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
- People Ex Rel. Twenty-Third Street Railroad v. Commissioners of TaxesNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Beekman v. . Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- In Re Rochester Electric Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Peck v. Schenectady Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
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- Schenectady Railway Co. v. PeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903