Dobbs v. Northern Union Gas Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, first district, after a trial by a judge and jury.
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
This is an action to recover damages for trespass. The facts are undisputed. On June 28, 1911, an agent of the defendant gas company entered upon the plaintiff’s premises, and disconnected the gas supply. The entry upon the plaintiff’s property was made at about two p. m. on-that date. The facts recited show a trespass, unless the defendant’s agent was justified in entering upon the plaintiff’s property. The defendant claims that it was justified in so doing under section 65 of the Transportation Corporations Law, which provides that, if any person supplied with gas by a gas company shall…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dobbs v. Northern Union Gas Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1912
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