People ex rel. Bridge Operating Co. v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 8th day of May, 1912, directed to the Public Service Commission of the State of New York for the First District and others, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in reducing and fixing fares over the Williams-burg bridge in the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
This is a proceeding by certiorari to review an. order of the Public Service Commission for the First District reducing *131and fixing the fares which may be charged by the relator the Bridge Operating Company for the transportation of passengers over the Williamsburg bridge in the city of New York.
The facts upon which the writ was sued out are accurately and succinctly stated by counsel for the relators, as follows: By chapter 789 of the Laws of 1895 the mayors of the cities of New York and Brooklyn were directed to appoint a commission for the purpose of constructing a permanent…
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