Pappenheim v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1891-10-13

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Peckham, J. The structure erected by defendants in Second avenue, in front of the plaintiff’s premises, was as to her an illegal structure and inconsistent with the use of the avenue as a public-street. At the time of building the railway a trespass was-committed by the-, defendants upon the- property now owned' by the plaintiff, although she did not own it at that time. Such trespa…

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