New York Court of Appeals

James P. Kernochan v. . the New York Elevated Railroad Company

December 1, 1891128 N.Y. 559

Summary

The Court affirmed that the lessor (reversioner) alone may sue for damages caused by the elevated railroad's impairment of easements, that the right to such damages after the lessor's death passes to his heirs or devisees, and that the expert testimony objection was improper, allowing the testimony.