Legal Opinion

Electric Construction Co. v. Heffernan

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1890PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from special term, St. Lawrence county. Action by the Electric Construction Company against Jeremiah Heffernam and others. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.

The plaintiff is a corporation engaged in the business of electric lighting, and has .a contract with the village of Schuylerville, to furnish its streets with electric lights. The village of Victory lies immediately south of Schuylerville, and the center of Burgoyne street, running east and west, is the dividing line. The plaintiff put up poles for lighting on the north side of Burgoyne street, from the east end, till it reached Gates avenue. Then it erected poles on the south side, to hold wires. Two poles 50 feet high were placed in front of the church of the Visitation, which stands on…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mahady v. . Bushwick Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
  2. Harrower v. RitsonNew York Supreme Court · 1861
  3. Johnson v. Thompson-Houston Electric Co.New York Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Consumers' Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Congress Spring Co.New York Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Loeber v. Butte General Electric Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Ellison v. AllenNew York Supreme Court · 1894

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