New York & New England Railroad v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover possession of land and for damages, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. Facts found by a committee, and case reserved for advice. The points of law decided can be sufficiently understood from the opinion, without a statement of the facts, which would occupy much space.
1Opinion of the Court
Beardsley, J.*
The plaintiffs seek in this action to recover possession of a piece of land now occupied by the *276defendants as a part of their railway, and damages in the nature of mesne profits for such occupation. This land was formerly owned by the Hartford, Providence & Fish-kill Railroad Company, from which both parties claim to have derived title—the plaintiffs by the lease and deed of August 28th, 1867, and the succeeding conveyances, and the defendants by proceedings for the condemnation of the land taken by the New Britain & Middletown Railroad Company, detailed in the finding, they…
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