Legal Opinion
City of New York v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 31, 1926PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
These actions were brought to recover penalties for failure to pay, when due, percentages of the earnings of the respective defendant street railroad companies under the provisions of contracts made by said companies in accordance with the requirements of section 175 of the Railroad Law. The contracts provided that the respective railroad companies would pay certain percentages of their gross income for the privilege of constructing and operating certain sections of the railroads, according to the ratio of said sections to the entire road. The railroads went into receivership in 1919 and the…
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