Holden v. City of New York

Full title: JAMES HOLDEN et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 30, 1959

7 N.Y.2d 840 (N.Y. 1959)

196 N.Y.S.2d 712

164 N.E.2d 728

Opinion

Argued November 17, 1959

Decided December 30, 1959

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, ELBERT T. GALLAGHER, J.

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.

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.