Adee v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in each of the above-entitled actions in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of August, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiffs are the owners of two lots on the southerly side of Union street, Brooklyn, together with the fee of the land lying in the street in front of their premises, to the1 center thereof. Union street is a public street of the city, but the city has only an easement therein, never having condemned the fee of the street. The defendants are about to construct a street surface electric railroad in Union street, and upon the land of the plaintiffs, without having taken condemnation proceedings to acquire the title of the plaintiffs or obtaining their consent or…
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- People Ex Rel. Twenty-Third Street Railroad v. Commissioners of TaxesNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Beekman v. . Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- In Re Rochester Electric Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Peck v. Schenectady Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Adee v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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