Legal Opinion
New York Telephone Co. v. Board of Education
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 3, 1936PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
This action was brought by the New York Telephone Company against the Board of Education of the city of Elmira to recover $4,015.98 for telephone services rendered between March 21, 1930, and June 1, 1932. The answer set up that in 1894 a franchise was granted to the plaintiff’s predecessor in title by the Common Council of the city of Elmira which provided that the departments of that city would be furnished telephone services at one-half the standard rates. The Board of Education also entered a counterclaim for 11,704.79 on the ground that it had wrongfully been charged full rates from…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Village of Fort Edward v. . FishNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- New York City Employees' Retirement System v. EliotNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Village of Carthage v. Central New York Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Matter of Emerson v. . BuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of New York v. Wilson & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Attorney General v. Trustees of Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Maple Farms, Inc. v. City School DistrictNew York Supreme Court · 1974
- Parsons v. Department of TransportationNew York Supreme Court · 1973
- Broschart v. City of New YorkCity of New York Municipal Court · 1938
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