Legal Opinion
Johnson v. . H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 21, 1872PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The right of the defendant to demand and receive for the transportation of passengers a greater sum than that allowed by its act of incorporation, as modified in 1850, depends upon the interpretation of the 49th section of the general railroad law of the same year, enacted some two months after the amendment of the charter referred to.
By the act incorporating the defendant, as modified by chapter 9 of the Laws of 1850, the "power and privilege" was conferred upon the corporation to fix, regulate and receive tolls and charges for the transportation of passengers at rates for way-travel not…
2Cited by15 opinions
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