In re Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Petition by the Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railroad Company for the condemnation of the leasehold estate and property of the Acker, Merrall & Condit Company in a specified lot of land.
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Appeal from special term, New York county. Petition by the Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railroad Company for the condemnation of the leasehold estate and property of the Acker, Merrall & Condit Company in a specified lot of land. From an order entered on June 23, 1893, overruling defendant’s objection to the petition, and allowing plaintiff to amend its petition, and directing defendant to answer in five days, and from an order entered on said June 23, 1893, setting down for trial on June 29th the issues expected to be raised by the answer to the amended petition, and from an order entered on…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This proceeding was brought, under the condemnation act, to condemn for the use of the plaintiff the leasehold interest of the Acker, Merrall & Condit Company in certain real estate known as No. 155 and 157 West Fiftieth street, New York city. The petition was presented on the 7th of June, 1893, and the Acker, Merrall & Condit Company appeared, and filed ob*1082jeetions to the petition upon the ground that it did not state any facts showing the necessity for the acquisition by the plaintiff of the property sought to be taken for the purposes of the corporation, or for any public use. These…
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- Rensselaer Saratoga R.R. Co. v. . DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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- City of Syracuse v. BenedictNew York Supreme Court · 1895