People ex rel. New York Edison Co. v. Willcox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Writ op oertiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 21st day of November, 1911, directed to William R. Willcox and others, constituting the Public Service Oom- • mission of the State of New York in and for the. first district, and another, commanding said Willcox and others to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in relation to the application of the Long Acre Electric Light and…
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Writ op oertiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 21st day of November, 1911, directed to William R. Willcox and others, constituting the Public Service Oom- • mission of the State of New York in and for the. first district, and another, commanding said Willcox and others to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in relation to the application of the Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company for permission to issue certain securities.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
The respondent Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company acquired by purchase on March 21, 1906, a franchise granted by the municipal authorities on May 31, 1887, to the American Electric Manufacturing Company “to locate and erect poles and hang wires and fixtures thereon,, and to place, construct and use wires, conduits and conductors for electrical purposes in the City of New York, in, over and under the streets, avenues, wharves, piers and parks therein, or adjacent thereto.” Space in the subway ducts for the respondent’s electrical conductors having been refused, mandamus…
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