Hudson River Telephone Co. v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 28, 1912, which affirmed an order of the court at a Trial Term setting aside a previously directed verdict in favor of plaintiff and granting a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 28, 1912, which affirmed an order of the court at a Trial Term setting aside a previously directed verdict in favor of plaintiff and granting a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The direction of the Appellate Division that the several awards and the allowance to counsel be paid by the comptroller “with interest thereon as provided by law,” was res adjudicata. (De Peyster v. Mali, 92 N. Y. 262; Matter of Dept. of…
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, Ch. J.
In a proceeding by the city of Hew York to acquire certain rights belonging to the Hudson River Telephone Company in the Ashokan reservoir territory in Ulster county, the commissioners of appraisal made three awards to the corporation, namely: $9,250 representing the cost of reconstruction of a portion of its telephone line; $10,500 for damages sustained by the corporation as the owner of an established, substantial business; and $5,177.27 as the value of certain branch lines and equipment employed in supplying telephone service to subscribers within the reservoir…
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