People ex rel. Terminal Railway 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 10th day of February, 1900, 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 to the Lehigh and Lake Erie Railroad Company a certificate under section 59 of the Railroad Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 565, as amd. by Laws of 1895, chap. 545). By…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 10th day of February, 1900, 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 to the Lehigh and Lake Erie Railroad Company a certificate under section 59 of the Railroad Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 565, as amd. by Laws of 1895, chap. 545). By an order of the Supreme Court, the Lehigh and Lake Erie Railroad Company was made a party to the proceeding.
1Opinion of the Court
Edwards, J.:
The certificate of incorporation of the Lehigh and Lake Erie Railroad Company was filed May 1, 1896. The purpose of its incorporation, as expressed in its articles of association, was to construct, maintain and operate a railroad “ from a point on the main line of The Lehigh Yalley Railway, about one-half mile west of its crossing of Union Road, in the Town of Cheektowaga, Erie County *62and State of New York; thence southerly, westerly and northerly through the Towns of Cheektowaga and West Seneca to a point in the City of Buffalo, in said County of Erie and State of New York, known…
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- In re Amsterdam, J. & G. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895
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- In re the Auburn & Western Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- People ex rel. Steward v. Board of Railroad CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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