Hodgkinson v. Long Island Rail Road

4 Edw. Ch. 411, 1844 N.Y. LEXIS 518, 1844 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 10
CourtNew York Court of Chancery
DecidedMay 20, 1844
StatusPublished
Cited by5 cases

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Hodgkinson v. Long Island Rail Road, 4 Edw. Ch. 411, 1844 N.Y. LEXIS 518, 1844 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 10 (N.Y. 1844).

Opinion

The Vice-Chancellor :

Held, that the court of chancery had not jurisdiction to restrain the construction of this great work or the use of it, when completed. That it was a matter of municipal regulation and the corporation of Brooklyn having granted to the defendants the privilege of constructing the tunnel for the purposes of their road, this court would not inquire whether the municipal authorities [412]*412of Brooklyn, in making such a grant,, had exceeded their powers or not. It was a matter triable at law and the parties aggrieved must be left to their legal remedy.

Motion denied, with costs.

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