National Docks & New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Circuit Court of Hudson county. Proceeding by the National Docks and New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway Company against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and another to condemn certain property for railway uses. Judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Syckel, J.
On the trial below, the plaintiffs in error offered evidence to show the cost of building abutments and bridges necessary to make the green strip available for *266additional tracks or other uses. This evidence was excluded and an exception taken, upon which error is assigned.
From the evidence and exhibit in the cause, the jury had a right to find that this strip of land could not be made available for beneficial use by the Pennsylvania company without filling it up to the grade of existing tracks. Before the crossing by the National Docks, earth-filling was only necessary. After the crossing is…
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