Park Abbott Realty Co. v. Iroquois Natural Gas Co.
New York Supreme Court
Application by the relator for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to make connection with its gas mains.
1Opinion of the CourtSears, J.
The respondent is a company engaged in the business of distributing natural gas to consumers in the city of Buffalo under a franchise from the city to a predecessor company, which contains the following clause: ‘ ‘ The company will furnish natural gas to all consumers on the line of the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes and public squares in which the pipes are laid as long as said pipes shall be in use for the purpose of supplying natural gas.”
The relator is the owner of a lot on Eaglewood avenue in the city of Buffalo, through which street and in front of which lot the Natural Gras Company…
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- Fire Dept. of New York v. . GilmourNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- State ex rel. Wood v. Consumers Gas Trust Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1901
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