Walsh v. Fitchburg Railroad

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1895-03-12

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Peckham, J. The defendant owned a plot of ground in the northern portion of the city of Troy, bounded by four different streets. Quite a large portion of its land was unfenced and the public had for a number of years been accustomed to walk across this plot for the purpose of shortening the distance, instead of going around by the public streets. The land was approached from the nort…

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