Legal Opinion

People ex rel. New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission, Second District

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 22, 1913PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 3d day of December, 1912, directed to Frank W. Stevens and others, Commissioners, constituting the Public Service Commission of the State of New York for the Second District, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in requiring the New York Telephone Company to furnish telephone service to the Metropolitan Telephone and…

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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 3d day of December, 1912, directed to Frank W. Stevens and others, Commissioners, constituting the Public Service Commission of the State of New York for the Second District, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in requiring the New York Telephone Company to furnish telephone service to the Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, and to place its name in the directory of subscribers ■ for telephones of the New York Telephone Company,…

1Opinion of the Court

Lyon, J.:

On August 6, 1912, The Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, an organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereinafter called the Delaware corporation, made application to the New York Telephone Company, a domestic corporation located in the city of New York, engaged in the business of furnishing telephone service, for the installation of telephones in the applicant’s office in the city of New York. The applicant signed the usual contract required by the New York Telephone Company, and gave its check for the advance payment required. On or about the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sturges v. . VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. People Ex Rel. Binghamton Light, Heat & Power Co. v. StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
  3. Metropolitan Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Metropolitan Telephone & Telegraph Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  4. City of Troy v. . United Traction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Capital Telephone Co. v. New York Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
  2. Danna v. Con Edison Co.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1972
  3. Capital Telephone Company, Inc. v. New York Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
  4. Smith v. Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1994
  5. In re DuerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935

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