Eno v. Metropolitan Elevated Railroad

Sedgwick, C. J.

The defendant took proceedings to acquire real estate in two parcels, belonging to the plaintiff. The commissioners assessed the damages, and, against the objection of the plaintiff, awarded them in the one instance to unknown owners, and in the other to the plaintiff or parties interested in the land. The order entered confirm ng the award provided, in conformity with the statute, that the amount of the award should be deposited, and the deposit was made. The plaintiff appealed, and on the appeal the order was modified so that it should award the damages to the plaintiff. As the order of confirmation stood, in other respects, being only modified in the manner described, it spoke as of its first date, and contained a requirement or an implication that a deposit should be made in such a manner that the plaintiff would be able to obtain it by demand, and also that the amount deposited should combine the amount of the award anc. interest upon it from the date of confirmation. The defendant did not make any new deposit. The defendant not filing the orders, and as modified by the order in appeal, in the way required by statute, but the plaintiff filing then, the plaintiff, in my opinion, had an action for the amount of the award, and interest from the date of the order of confirmation. I think the court was right in directing a verdict for plaintiff. Judgment affirmed, with costs.

Freedman and Truak, JJ., concurring.