People ex rel. Amm v. Board of Railroad Commissioners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 27th day of August, 1904, directed to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York and others, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in granting the Niagara Transfer Railway Company a certifícate of public convenience and a necessity under section 59 of the Railroad Law.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The Board of Railroad Commissioners granted to the "Niagara Transfer Railway Company a certificate of public necessity and convenience, under section 59 of the Railroad Law, for the building of a steam railroad from the outskirts of the city of Buffalo to the village of Tonawanda, a distance of some seventeen miles.
The certificate is not claimed to have been issued because public convenience demanded greater direct facilities between the city of Buffalo and the village of Tonawanda.
The road is projected as a freight switch road, and its primary purpose is the development for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Cluett, Peabody & Co. v. State Board of Railroad CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by3 opinions
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