United States Illuminating Co. v. Grant
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Defendants, the board of electrical control of the city of New York and the commissioner of public works, appeal from an order granting an injunction.
1ConcurrenceBarrett, J.
While concurring in the conclusion arrived at by the presiding justice, and also in what he has so forcibly said, there are one or two additional considerations which it may, perhaps, not be unprofitable to place upon record. We start with the constitutionality of the act of 1885, deliberately settled by the court of appeals: Squire's Case, 107 N. Y. 593,14 N. E. Rep. 820. A careful comparison of that act with the act of 1887 shows no such divergence in the latter enactment as to render its constitutionality •doubtful. This has been affirmed in several cases, (Illuminating Co. v. Hess, 3 N.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. SquireNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Hart v. Mayor of AlbanyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1832
- Cronin v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Meeker v. Van RensselaerNew York Supreme Court · 1836
- Babcock v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
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