In re City of New York

Final decree reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to appellants to abide the event. This proceeding was instituted under section 92 of the Railroad Law and certain provisions of the charter of the city of New York for the acquisition of title to property. Respondent was the owner of a plot of ground situated in Jamaica on the fine of the Long Island railroad and at a level with it and with a railroad siding running into it. The property, upon wMeh respondent conducted a wholesale and retail lumber business, had a frontage of about 637 feet along the line of the railroad and a…