Fayetteville & Syracuse Railroad v. Village of Fayetteville
New York Supreme Court
Action for an injunction to restrain the village of Fayetteville and the Syracuse & Suburban Eailroad Company from further interference with the turnpike road constructed by the plaintiff upon Genesee street.
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, W. S., J.
In the year 1800, the Seneca Eoad Company was incorporated (Laws of 1800, chap. 78) for the purpose of establishing a turnpike from Etica to Canandaigua. In pursuance of this statute the portion of the turnpike extending from the present village of Fayetteville to the present city of Syracuse was built upon the old State road and seems to have been operated at an early date. In 1847 the corporation was authorized to sell sections of its turnpike road to plank-road companies (Laws of 1847, chap. 210), and thereupon it did convey the portion above mentioned to the plaintiff…
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