Legal Opinion
The Troy Union Railroad v. City of Troy
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1927PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHasbrouck, J.
The municipal corporation now known as the city of Troy was incorporated by chapter 121 of the Laws of 1816 by the corporate title “ The Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Troy.”
By that act the common council was constituted the commissioners of highways in said city and given power to pass ordinances, among other things, to regulate the streets and highways in such city.
In the year 1851 there were four railroad corporations — the Rensselaer and Saratoga; the Schenectady and Troy; the Hudson River and the Troy and Boston — which had and used railroad tracks on River…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Grant v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad v. York & Whitney Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- City of Buffalo v. . BalcomNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Cartersville Improvement, Gas & Water Co. v. Mayor of CartersvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Troy Union Railroad v. City of TroyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- City Check Cashing, Inc. v. Jul-Ame Construction Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1999
- Gearing v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961