New-York tribune., 1880-02-21
1HE courts.
RAILROAD DMtGEs TO LAND.

RAILROAD DAMAGES TO LAND.
Ntw coNsruvrfrNu. rorY'S ~ HRfr ~ lHr
woopuAv.N RAILROAD CASE.
The brief presented yesterday to the Cen
cr,f Term cf ili, Srnrr.n, Count coHd Dcpnrtm mt,
,n the Ncw.Np prs wu.diavcn ard Rockawav E-lwoy
case hv g. ORG .1Hdrrl and L.us Sanders, "a
tonnced ,,r cy,Iudc Jora X Porter u contain new
nud or,rn,t p,irl.. ,nd 20 ds1'. y "s'r'Nng ability
and rcse " nl0arrc condemnation or THE papcr:
l. The ett.uic, md Constitution Tac present General
Railroad Ac. u,,.cd $50 r,loals thr provision IN
ih- foruor ar - Ists iiorpE " cburcnsation FOR IN
mrions'r anrrtur hl n real state or property,"
and expressly reduce 'r th" cousitu' onal limitation
of irs' ceinufns.on sor rropcry aken for pub'ic
~ tiat u.s. tho rttire value 4" 'hc owner of the lan'
,ct,lv taeu Tho - tho railroad md n isa con
,rctton ofterrs that the rirori having paid n
fii for , tt" ,'t r. us"7 a. 20 ' 'o ih' "bio usr
l,nda cotirov ~ f1 'ne. and p"rhupa quarter ~
mic dstart wlfch y IN r"wisr usea nor IN. anv ne"
fr .impiv fhrv ~ inlnriousv Affected"
=, % u.eu thu I'm" m stclwhop'@ frans-
orn- uefrneu'p uirro' lvc"r'ne etc, rOng the edge
"" .I ST p,yor thereby took the re.i'encss thev
W Ia tr their nae ~ prouclir he petroleum The
,-~tcr bccausc the re-idenoeS were "hJur"nNW
The eurroroe Court 81 the IIn'toI Stat"s Recently
unannoslv decided that the C"urs ca"n"t a-s"ss anv
.r louucut' d'uo ,"s NOT allowed IVY aaintc.
renu by tho Cor.t''u ION. ma th'f the
identical prnv sion con n'ninrd 'n our ton'f'nn docs
M, auou INV aueh iarl@es (0g u =. o. r. 365'. ms
,o,,r,np decision. moreover. -cilrs thc noin that
rceriv taken Or public ne t1fy D. apuicf 7" anr
osr. an' ihis AGAIN cv"luGca the hic' ~ antcccde't
con,n,rp,iino Ter ann~rhend"l conscQucntol dam
a H., nat n,r'icul1r public Use for which
The land u iu'tlav tal"n. II a manif"st thM
a niece Of Ioud wight be TOKEN for post iii"e
81 mo huiI opton tod unword. 'or Tho Coura. COY
rrnrnrnt Asav Ohlre iehorot'rv and her nnh r. ne
however inluri,ua to nholnnc p~,o"rtv whether for
ori ~ tne s1me not. without anv orig nnl or
ount Ion for surh injury nor could IN"
corrts lor 6 ve'nment against converting ~"
~ rnre hrd'pg into an aSsas "'"e or i'ho'Hiorr
r., hold oth.rvite woud be 10 dcuv che established
r,yh AZ IN ~ arqur" thc fee h "lntc
hv r'gh ~ cin'ne"i domain ava w"nld cause Nndi"g
vyhirh coat G'v"-n mi ltnn dnlgrs 20 become tho
nronnrtv tnr foru"" landowner soon ne Ihe con
tomra'e 'ei iutiis rrhc u7" ceas-i II rolows tha IN
No cas CONFORMATION exceed thc value to th"
owner ~ the entire f"e ~ ~" lanf tat"n.
RI Public rv Thc uuiveranllv accepted principleo ~
o,,r ate aud ~ mai development and rnincatou a."
mands ~,n'd nter'ra "snor'aor NJ rho lowest roasble
rates Tts nrnr'p" hr' s incc"tion IN tne C'nstitn
moon ouF tntrrnal commerce. IN rcfore. tho whole
sv IN Of ~ roads sbould he and Genrralv H. restrict
and limited ~ clos"ly "a nrnc'ielh" nv @"@rn awS
- revenues. " follows mat even " local con
seaueutial damages were nlow"d thev sh"nld he com
pens tef from the more than counterv1i1ne benehf.
conferred on adjacent landowners rtih"r thhn poSd
ns a tax on domosfic commerce bv raising the general
railroad rates TO paw the enormous aggregate Of millions
demanded
tie ana vicqrou- phlanihropss for mo adoption NJ
general rule nronosed only 10 cover the alleged neress
alike law nuhlic faith. Drdgel In form
10 pke the Gains "eld out by The L"gaoture 80
induce the haza~d ot rho vast cartal In drsper1ev
contested and perilous cnterprSe and o me proper
source ~ 'lOn n anv. Tor local dimage 20
body Of land admitted 10 he greatly enhanced ~ vau'
I'm T. reminds one Of Snf"u I4and try
ing 20 revere" nnivcrsal law by anqunranfine rios
III Tho Natural Equities. First II thr entire body
~ land NJ cited the operation ~ the railroad h ot
hut ephanced IN value u hay" clam
whatever denreclion. whether II bc owned hy onr
nor on many. hecapse artificial divisions cafn"t
alter any natural equity existing hetwecn the l1ud ard
The railroad. H1f of the owners who are claiming
dniuarrs downtown have M town prunelty g.
creased lu vau" rnough 20 nav thc'r damfrc@ tWire
over. white the inequtahle rule attacked would pindv
make the company pay them third time.