Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of the Manhattan Railway Company, Respondent, v. John Jacob Astor and Others, Appellants, Impleaded with Ava W. Astor and Others, Defendants, Relative to Acquiring Title, etc.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-05
Citations: 126 A.D. 907
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of the Manhattan Railway Company, Respondent, v. John Jacob Astor and Others, Appellants, Impleaded with Ava W. Astor and Others, Defendants, Relative to Acquiring Title, etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 126
Pages: 907–908

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of the Manhattan Railway Company, Respondent, v. John Jacob Astor and Others, Appellants, Impleaded with Ava W. Astor and Others, Defendants, Relative to Acquiring Title, etc.
Eminent domain — statute permitting construction of elevated road on city street — right to condemn easements to erect stairways on intersecting street.
Appeal from an interlocutory judgment entered after trial at Special Term.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.

Opinion:
Ho opinion.
Present — Ingraham, McLaughlin, Laughlin, Clarke and Scott, JJ. Dissenting opinion by Scott, J.