Legal Opinion
Westchester Fire Insurance v. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1916Published
The nature of the action and the facts, so far as they are material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The plaintiff, the owner and holder of 500 shares of the capital stock of the defendant Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Bailroad Company (hereinafter called the Syracuse Company), brings this action to set aside a certain lease dated October 1,1912, between that company and the defendant Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Bailroad Company (hereinafter called the Lackawanna Company) , and to have the said lease declared null and void and to compel an accounting by the Lackawanna Company. The Syracuse Company, whose railroad runs between the cities of Syracuse and Binghamton, was originally…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gamble v. Queens County Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- People Ex Rel. Delaware & Hudson Co. v. StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Delavan v. New York, New Heaven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Wormser v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Goldan v. Delaware & Eastern Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911