Legal Opinion
Wager v. . Troy Union Railroad Company
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 5, 1862PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] It is an established inference of the common law that the proprietors of land adjoining a public highway are the owners of the fee of said highway: that the rights of the public therein and thereto are no higher or other than those of a mere easement, and that the proprietors on each side presumptively own the soil in fee to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bissell v. . the New York Central R.R. CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Williams v. . the New-York Central Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Carpenter v. . the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
3Cited by51 opinions
- The People v. . KerrNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Belotti v. . BickhardtNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- City of Clinton v. Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- In Re Board of Rapid Transit RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Pierce v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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