Syracuse, Lake Shore & Northern Railroad v. Carrier
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Lizzie L. Carrier and others, from an ordei of the Supreme Court, made at the Onondaga Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 6th day of June, 1911, confirming the report of commissioners in condemnation proceedings, with notice of an intention to bring up for review a judgment entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of March, 1911, appointing commissioners in said proceeding, and also the order…
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Appeal by the defendants, Lizzie L. Carrier and others, from an ordei of the Supreme Court, made at the Onondaga Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 6th day of June, 1911, confirming the report of commissioners in condemnation proceedings, with notice of an intention to bring up for review a judgment entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of March, 1911, appointing commissioners in said proceeding, and also the order of reference herein, dated the 21st day of January, 1909, the order made under section 3380 of the Code of Civil…
1Opinion of the Court
Robson, J.:
Plaintiff seeks in this proceeding to acquire for the purpose of constructing and maintaining thereon a double line of poles supporting wires and appurtenances for the overhead transmission of electric current at a high tension certain lands of which, it alleged in its petition, the defendants were the owners. It is a street surface railway corporation, owning and operating an interurban railroad, built on private right of way the whole distance except in villages and cities, where portions of the streets are used. The road is operated by electricity, and extends from the city of…
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- In Matter of N.Y.C. and H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- In Re Rochester Electric Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- New York & Harlem Railroad v. KipNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Erie Railroad Co. v. . StewardNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- People ex rel. Third Avenue Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
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- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Albany Steam Trap Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914