Legal Opinion
Electric City Railway Co. v. City of Niagara Falls
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 15, 1905Published
Application to continue injunction during the pendency of the action.
1Opinion of the CourtKenefick, J.
The plaintiff has a franchise to construct, maintain and operate a street surface railroad along certain streets in the city of Niagara Falls, and is now actually engaged in the. work of construction.
The International Railway Company has applied to the *92common council of said city for consent to construct, maintain and operate extensions of its street surface railroad along many of the streets embraced within the franchise heretofore granted to the plaintiff, and a committee of said council, to which such application was referred, has adopted a report recommending that such consent be given.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Skaneateles Water Works Co. v. SkaneatelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Matter of Thirty-Fourth Street R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Skaneateles Water Works Co. v. Village of SkaneatelesNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Central Crosstown Railroad v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897