People v. Ulster & Delaware Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment and order of the supreme court, general term, third department, affirming judgment dismissing complaint, with costs, and reversing order granting an extra allowance of $1,500 to defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
This action was brought, in the name of the-People, by the attorney general, to determine the corporate existence of the defendant, upon the alleged ground that it had forfeited its charter through a failure to build a portion of the railroad track which its predecessor was authorized to construct The Rondout & Oswego Railroad Company was organized in 1866,. under the general railroad -act, to build, operate and maintain a railroad from Rondout, in Ulster county, to the village of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego; and during the period of its existence actually built a road from…
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