Visscher v. Hudson River Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Demurrer to reply. The complaint alleged that on the 1st day of October, 1850, and on divers other days and times between that day and the, day of the commencement of this action, at the town of Grreenbush. in the county of Rensselaer, the defendants, without leave, and wrongfully, entered into and upon the farm and premises of which the plaintiff then was the owner, and of which, before said trespasses by said defendants, she was' possessed, situated in the town of…
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Demurrer to reply. The complaint alleged that on the 1st day of October, 1850, and on divers other days and times between that day and the, day of the commencement of this action, at the town of Grreenbush. in the county of Rensselaer, the defendants, without leave, and wrongfully, entered into and upon the farm and premises of which the plaintiff then was the owner, and of which, before said trespasses by said defendants, she was' possessed, situated in the town of Grreenbush, and particularly described in the complaint, and then and there broke up the ground on a part or strip of said farm,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Parker, J.
The defendants were incorporated by an act of the legislature passed May 12,1846, and amended by the act of February 10,1848. These acts constituted the defendants’ charter. The land in question was regularly taken by the defendants, under the special provisions of such charter, five commissioners having been appointed from the state at large, in August, 1850, by whom the damages were appraised. All the steps necessary to perfect the defendants’ title, according to the provisions of such charter, were duly taken.
I. But it is claimed by the plaintiff that the…
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