People ex rel. United Natural Gas Co. v. Priest
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, United Natural Gas Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 13th day of March, 1911, upon the decision of the court, ' rendered after a trial at the Cattaraugus Special Term, which confirmed the assessment of the relator and quashed the writ of certiorari issued to review such assessment.
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Appeal by the relator, United Natural Gas Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 13th day of March, 1911, upon the decision of the court, ' rendered after a trial at the Cattaraugus Special Term, which confirmed the assessment of the relator and quashed the writ of certiorari issued to review such assessment. The proceeding was commenced by the issuance of a writ of certiorari September 5, 1900, to review the assessment of the relator for a special franchise in the town of Little Valley,…
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, P. J.: .
In the year 1886 the National Transit Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, acquired a right of way for the laying and maintenance of pipes for the transportation of gas through the town of Little Valley, by grants from the owners of the lands through which such right of way passed. Such grants were in writing, duly acknowledged, and recorded in the office of the clerk of Cattaraugus county. They were of uniform terms, varying only as to names and descriptions of premises, and in each case gave to said company the right to lay its pipes through the lands described, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Retsof Mining Company v. . PriestNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Williams v. CharlierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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