Hatch v. Vermont Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass on the Case. These two cases involved very nearly the same general principles, with some difference of application to the circumstances of each. The claim of Hatch was for consequential damage to premises of his, lying near the railroad of defendants; but not taken for the purposes of the road. Plea, general issue, and trial by jury.
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Trespass on the Case. These two cases involved very nearly the same general principles, with some difference of application to the circumstances of each. The claim of Hatch was for consequential damage to premises of his, lying near the railroad of defendants; but not taken for the purposes of the road. Plea, general issue, and trial by jury. On trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence certain deeds of conveyance to himself of the premises, situate in Burlington, described in the declaration, dated July 13, A. D. 1839; but his title was not controverted. The plaintiff then offered testimony…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
The very great importance of the principal ¡question involved in this case, led, with great propriety, to an elaborate discussion at the bar, and the court have devoted all the time, at . their command, to an extended examination of all the cases cited, .and some others. It is certain there is not, as yet, a perfect coincidence of views in regard to the rights, duties, and obligations of railway corporations, either in this country or in England. But legislation is every day removing more or less of those uncertainties which have…
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