City of New York v. New York Central Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of December, 1920, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The action is brought in ejectment to recover possession of a strip of land sixty-six feet in width running from Seventy-second street to Spuyten Duyvil creek, now held and used by the defendant as a part of its railway system.
In 1846, by chapter 216 of the laws of that year, the Hudson River Railroad Company was incorporated. That railroad was to run from some point within the city of New York to a point in the county of Rensselaer, opposite the city of Albany, and apparently was deemed by the authorities of the city of New York a most important instrumentality in saving to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Knapp v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Timpson v. Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co. v. . City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
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