Gas & Electric Securities Co. v. Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Suit by the Gas & Electric Securities Company against the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corporation. In the matter of petition of William R. Begg and Arthur Carter Hume, receivers of defendant, against the City of New York. From the order, the City appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Suit by the Gas & Electric Securities Company against the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corporation. In the matter of petition of William R. Begg and Arthur Carter Hume, receivers of defendant, against the City of New York. From the order, the City appeals. This cause comes here from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, on order granting and continuing an injunction. The order was originally dated and entered on .Tune 15, 1918, and was resettled and re-entered on August…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It appears that the city of New York had entered into a franchise contract with the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corporation under date of October 29, 1912, which franchise contract was amended on July 21, 1913, and on January 21, 1916. In reliance upon this contract the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corporation constructed, equipped, and put in operation a double track street surface electric railway between the Dong Island plaza of the Queensboro Bridge at Jackson avenue,. *628upon and along Thomson avenue and other streets and avenues in the borough of Queens,…
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