Matter of N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.

The description of the first parcel of land set forth in the petition, which the company seeks to acquire in this proceeding, is manifestly defective. The statute (S.L. of 1850, chap. 140, § 14) declares that the petition must contain a description of the real estate which the company seek to acquire, and this provision cannot be complied with unless there is such a description of the land as will show its location and the boundaries thereof. The easterly course, along the wall of the brewery building, terminates at a point on the west line of Clinton street, where the same intersects the…