Legal Opinion

Saunders v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 4, 1894PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The plaintiffs are the owners of certain uplands on the easterly shore of the Hudson river at Yonkers, and they brought this action to enjoin and restrain the defendant from maintaining or operating its railroad over or upon a parcel of land sixty feet in width and about one hundred feet in length, situated below the original high-water mark and in front of their uplands. The courts below have sustained the action upon the ground that the plaintiffs have the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Langdon v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
  4. Mulry v. . NortonNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  5. Steers v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1885

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Sage v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  2. Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty of Brookhaven v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  3. Hinkley v. . State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
  4. Coxe v. . StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  5. People v. . Steeplechase Park Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916

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