Roberts v. New York Elevated Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the general term of the Mew York superior court, affirming judgment in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtPeckham, J.
The principal question in this case is in regard to the admissibility of the opinions of experts in reference to the amount of damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of injury to his easements of light, air and access to his property in Third avenue, in the city of Mew York, caused by the building and operation of the defendants’ railroad. As the question is one of considerable importance and arises in each one of this class of cases, and as the number of such cases tried and to be tried is as we understand very large, a critical examination of the question is called for. It will be…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ferguson v. . HubbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Clark v. . BairdNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Van Wycklen v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- McGean v. . Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Marcly v. . ShultsNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
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- Polley v. Cline's Ex'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936