Public Service Commission v. Iroquois Natural Gas Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in the first action by the defendant, Iroquois Natural Gas Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 17th day of October, 1919, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Erie Special Term.
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Appeal in the first action by the defendant, Iroquois Natural Gas Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 17th day of October, 1919, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Erie Special Term. The judgment enjoined the defendant from refusing new connections with its mains and required it to forthwith make such connections with dwellings in front of which its mains are laid. Appeal in the second proceeding by the defendant, Iroquois Natural Gas Company, from an order of the Supreme…
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, P. J.:
These two proceedings were tried and submitted together. Both involve the question as to whether the defendant gas company should make connections with its distributing lines for dwellings, not heretofore connected, located upon streets where its lines are now laid. The gas company contends that its supply of natural gas is inadequate to furnish even those now connected at periods during the winter months and refuses to make new connections.
In the Burke case the Special Term ordered a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the gas company to furnish and install service connections…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Park Abbott Realty Co. v. Iroquois Natural Gas Co.New York Supreme Court · 1918
- People ex rel. Pavilion Natural Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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