Legal Opinion

Baldwin v. City of Buffalo

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1859PublishedCited by 7 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Marvin, J.

The referee has found that all the material allegations in the complaint are true, and upon such facts he decided, as matter of law, that the complaint should he dismissed.

The object of the action is to obtain a perpetual injunction restraining the city of Buffalo from entering upon certain premises of the plaintiff, and opening a street thereon. The plaintiff, and those from whom his title is derived, had been *397in the actual possession of the land for more than twenty-five years, under grants in fee, and claiming title in fee to the premises, and it had long been…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mayor of Brooklyn v. MeseroleNew York Supreme Court · 1841

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Town of Freedom v. NorrisIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Baldwin v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
  3. Howell v. City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
  4. Astor v. Mayor, Aldermen & CommonaltyThe Superior Court of New York City · 1874
  5. Boise City v. WilkinsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1909

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