In re New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, affirming an order of Special Term appointing commissioners of appraisal herein. The petition set forth that the petitioning corporation required two parcels of land belonging to Mrs. Rau.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, affirming an order of Special Term appointing commissioners of appraisal herein. The petition set forth that the petitioning corporation required two parcels of land belonging to Mrs. Rau. The first parcel Avas described in the petition as follows: “Beginning at a point in the centre line of Pitt street, 18 feet northerly from the north rail of the third track from the south of your petitioner’s railroad, as iioav located, thence easterly in a straight line about 136 feet, to a point on the Avest…
1Per curiam
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…
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