Cecil v. United States

The premises of the plaintiff and adjoining land of the Italian National Eifle Shooting Society were leased to the *404defendant for the construction of a clearing hospital. Other lands in the vicinity were acquired by defendant for the same purpose. The defendant constructed a branch or switch road from the Staten Island Railroad through the property of the Italian Society, and extended said switch road onto the leased property of the plaintiff. For the reason that the property of plaintiff was much below the desired railroad grade, the defendant constructed a fill or embankment, referred to in…