Willis v. . City of Rochester
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, fey permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 11, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment in its favor upon the pleadings.
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Appeal, fey permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 11, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment in its favor upon the pleadings. The following questions were certified: “1. Does it appear upon the face of the pleadings herein that section 636 of chapter 755 of the Laws of 1907, as amended by section 7 of chapter 359 of the Laws of 1915, in so far as it regulates or fixes, or. purports to regulate or fix, the rate or rates of fare to be charged by street surface…
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Chapter 359 of the Laws of 1915 is entitled “An act to amend chapter 755 of the Laws of 1907, entitled "An act constituting the charter of the city of Rochester, ’ generally. ” The purpose of the act is to annex to the city of Rochester the incorporated village of Charlotte and a strip of land 3.35 miles hi length and 100 feet in width, being the highway known as the Boulevard and the private right of way of the Rochester Electric Railway Company adjoining the Boulevard, connecting the city of Rochester and the village of Charlotte, together with another strip of land including the bed and…
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