People v. Metropolitan Telephone & Telegraph Co.
New York Supreme Court
This action was brought by the People of the State of New York against The Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, for the purpose of having it judicially declared “that certain poles now erected, or intended to be erected, in a certain street in the city of New York be declared a public nuisance and an obstruction to the public use of said street; that the said defendant forthwith remove each of said poles, and all the parts of said structure so by the defendant…
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This action was brought by the People of the State of New York against The Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, for the purpose of having it judicially declared “that certain poles now erected, or intended to be erected, in a certain street in the city of New York be declared a public nuisance and an obstruction to the public use of said street; that the said defendant forthwith remove each of said poles, and all the parts of said structure so by the defendant erected in said street, therefrom, and that the defendant restore said street in all respects to the condition in which it…
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence, J.
I am free to say that when the point was first suggested to me I was inclined to think that it was not well taken, for the reason that my own experience and my observation for many years past has been that in such actions the attorney-general has almost always appeared by special or local counsel. But upon reference to the statute* I find that it is provided that:
“The attorney-general shall be and is hereby authorized to employ additional counsel in prosecuting and defending suits and proceedings in which the people are a party, or are interested, at any general or special term, or at…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Davis v. . the Mayor, C., of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- The People Ex Rel. the Mayor v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- The People v. . VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Van Rensselaer v. JewettNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Colt v. . the Sixth Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hamlin v. BenderNew York Supreme Court · 1915
- City of Utica v. Utica Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Elias v. SutherlandNew York Supreme Court · 1886
- Maicas v. LeonyCity of New York Municipal Court · 1889
- Allen v. StevensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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