Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad v. Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Action by the Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad Company against the Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtPratt, J.
The plaintiff owned or controlled the following franchises for passenger travel between Brooklyn and New York ferries and Coney Island on and prior to June, 1892: One for a horse railroad from Fulton ferry via Park, Vanderbilt, and Ninth avenues to a depot at Ninth avenue and Twentieth street, Brooklyn, generally known as “Culver’s;” the other, also for a horse railroad, from Hamilton ferry via Fifteenth street and Ninth avenue to said depot. The road was built and operated by plaintiff on the former line, called the “Vanderbilt Avenue Line.” The latter franchise had not been practically…
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