Legal Opinion
Matter of the N.Y. Cen. H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 16, 1875PublishedCited by 13 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.] It is not necessary to determine whether or not, at the time of the decision in The Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario Railroad Co. v. Hotchkiss (16 Barb., 270), the court had power to make an order or issue process to put a railroad company in possession of lands acquired by proceedings under the general railroad act of 1850, because we are of opinion that section 5 of the act of 1854, amending the general railroad law (Laws of 1854, chap. 282) clearly confers that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Niagara Falls & Lake Ontario Railroad v. HotchkissNew York Supreme Court · 1853
3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. DunningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Matter of City of New York (Houghton Ave.)New York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Matter of Rhinebeck Connecticut R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio, v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1961
- Matter of Water Comrs. of White PlainsNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
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