Greer v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought to recover damages occasioned by the laying of railroad tracks upon the lands of the plaintiffs and the running of trains thereon.
1Opinion of the Court
LaNDON, J.:
IE the plaintiffs’ title to the lots 820 and 822 extends to the-centre line of Broadway, then the judgment should be affirmed.
The description of one parcel is “ all that certain lot with the buildings thereon situate on the west side of North Market street, beginning in the south-east corner of the lot of the late John Eon-dey, Jr., and runs thence westerly along said lot 462 feet; thence southerly thirty-three feet; thence easterly to the south-west corner' of the cellar wall of the house now standing upon the lot intended to be conveyed; thence easterly along the same- cellar…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- White's Bank of Buffalo v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Kings County Fire Ins. Co. v. . StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Perrin v. . New York Central Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Phelps v. WebsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883