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Morgan Lake Co. v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co., 262 N.Y. 234, 186 N.E. 685

Facts

The Morgan Lake Company sought damages from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, claiming that smoke and cinders from the trains damaged their ice crop over a span of two decades. The basis for the claim was a covenant in two deeds that required the railroad to pay for damages caused by its operations. The railroad company, having absorbed the previous railroad company, was bound by these covenants. The case revolved around the interpretation of these covenants and the appropriate measure of damages.

The basis of the cause of action is a covenant in the two deeds from the owner of the lake conveying to railroad company and its predecessors the right of way over the lake.

Issue

The main legal issue was whether the covenants in the deeds ran with the land and whether the measure of damages used by the courts below was appropriate.

The only question remaining, therefore, on this appeal is the rule applied by the courts below and adopted by the plaintiff in arriving at its damage.

Rule

The court applied the principle that covenants can run with the land if they meet certain legal requirements, and that damages must be proven by clear and substantial evidence.

Article 8, section 85 of the Stock Corporation Law (Consol. Laws, c. 59) provides that upon such merger, ‘the possessor corporation shall be deemed to have assumed all the liabilities and obligations of the merged corporation and shall be liable in the same manner as if it had itself incurred such liabilities and obligations.’

Analysis

The court analyzed the covenants in the deeds and determined that they were binding on the railroad company. It noted that the plaintiff had failed to prove the fair market value of the damaged ice, relying instead on the sales price recorded in its books, which was insufficient to establish damages. The court emphasized that the measure of damages should reflect the difference between the market value of clear ice and the fair value of the damaged ice.

The plaintiff may recover from the defendant the damage which it has sustained by reason of the damage done to its ice during the years in question; the measure of the damage for this case is the difference between the market value of clear ice and the fair, reasonable value in the market for the plaintiff's damaged ice.

Conclusion

The court reversed the judgment and granted a new trial, stating that the plaintiff must provide clear evidence of the fair value of the damaged ice to support its claim for damages.

For the reasons here stated, the judgment should be reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.

Who won?

The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company prevailed in the case because the court found that the plaintiff had not adequately proven its damages.

The court ultimately reversed the judgment and granted a new trial.

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