New York, N. H. & H. R. Co. v. Cockcroft
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
Application to Assess Value of Lands to be taken by a railroad company. Heard on demurrer to the plea in abatement.
1Opinion of the Court
Wheeler, District Judge.
By the statutes of the state railroad companies appear to have the right to take additional lands for railroad purposes, and to locate, abandon, or change depots or stations, upon the consent of tho railroad commissioners, filed in tho town-clerk’s office, and payment or tender of damages ascertained on application to a judge of the superior court. And by section 3518 of tho General Statutes, as amended by the Public Acts of 1889, p. 129, a person aggrieved by any order of the railroad commissioners upon any proceeding relative to the location, abandonment, or changing…
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