Case Name: James Holden et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-12-30
Citations: 7 N.Y.2d 840
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Holden et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 840–841

Head Matter:
James Holden et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent.
Argued November 17, 1959;
decided December 30, 1959.
James Holden, appellant in person and for Stephen Holden and another, appellants.
Charles H. Tenney, Corporation Counsel (William A. Marks, Seymour B. Quel, Samuel Mandell and John Suglia of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs, in the following memorandum: The reservation of a mere " right of way " under the decisions included only the right of passage over the surface of the land (Thompson v. Orange & Rockland Elec. Co., 254 N. Y. 366; Osborne v. Auburn Tel. Co., 189 N. Y. 393; Eels v. American Tel. & Tel. Co., 143 N. Y. 133; Ferguson v. Producers Gas Co., 286 App. Div. 521; Matter of Bensel, 140 App. Div. 257). No opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Conway and Judges Desmond, Dye, Fuld, Froessel and Van Voorhis. Taking no part: Judge Burke.