People ex rel. Westchester Street Railroad v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 18th day of February, 1913, directed to the Public Service Commission for the Second District of the State of New York and the members thereof, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in permitting the Westchester Street Railroad Company to issue $434,000 of stock, and denying its application for a larger issue.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
The Tarrytown, White Plains and Mamaroneck Street Railroad Company’s property, rights and franchises were sold at a foreclosure sale by a judgment of the Supreme Court for $882,400.73 to one Sutro, who was acting for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. The New Haven Company was the owner of the greater part of the bonds secured by the mortgage foreclosed. Sutro incurred certain legal and other expenses in connection with the purchase amounting to $29,622.68, making the net cost of the railroad to him $912,023.41.
The purchaser and his associates filed the…
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