Long Island Rail Road v. Conklin

By the Court,

Brown, J.

The plaintiff’s complaint in this action was dismissed at the trial at the Suffolk circuit, in October, 1859, upon the ground that it showed no title or right of possession to the lands and premises which it claimed to recover. The plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict unless it had a valid subsisting interest in the premises claimed and a legal right to the possession thereof, at the time of the commencement of the action. /It appeared that one Edward Dodd, on the 28th of December, 1841, was the owner in fee of the premises described in the complaint, together with…