Glens Falls Gas Light Co. v. Van Vranken
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Glens Falls Gas Light Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Warren on the-6th day of January, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Warren Special Term dismissing the plaintiff’s-complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
In June, 1854, the plaintiff was duly incorporated under the-provisions of chapter 37 of the Laws of 1848, entitled “ An act toauthorise the formation of gas light companies.” Its object was-*421the manufacture and sale of gas for the purpose of lighting the streets and public and private buildings in the village of Glens Falls, and the term of its existence was fifty years. Soon after its incorporation, and with the consent of the municipal authorities of the village, it laid down a system of gas pipes in the streets of the village, and since that time it has been engaged in…
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