People ex rel. Incorporated Village of Brownville v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 1st day of September, 1920, directed to the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Second District, 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 relative to the complaint of the incorporated village of Brownville, Jefferson county, by Fred L. Page, village president, against Black River Traction Company, as…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 1st day of September, 1920, directed to the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Second District, 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 relative to the complaint of the incorporated village of Brownville, Jefferson county, by Fred L. Page, village president, against Black River Traction Company, as to increase in passenger fare.
1Opinion of the Court
H. T. Kellogg, J.:
In the year 1890 the village of Brownville, N. Y., granted to the Watertown and Brownville Street Railway Company a franchise to construct a street railway. The railway company proposed to operate a street railway between Brownville and the city of Watertown, N. Y., a distance of about four miles, as well as a railway within the limits of the two municipalities. The franchise was granted on condition that the railway company would maintain the following rates, namely, (1) a five-cent rate for one continuous ride between points within the village of Brownville; (2) a ten-cent…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of Quinby v. . Public Service Comm.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- International Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- People Ex. Rel. West Side Street Railway Co. v. BarnardNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Public Service Commission v. Westchester Street RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Village of Mamaroneck v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Village of Brownville v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924