People Ex Rel. Loughran v. Board of Railroad Commissioners
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 9, 1899, affirming a determination of the railroad • commissioners, granting leave to the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Company to abandon Fair street station in the city of Kingston.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 9, 1899, affirming a determination of the railroad • commissioners, granting leave to the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Company to abandon Fair street station in the city of Kingston. This proceeding was initiated by the petition of three residents and freeholders of the city of Kingston to review by certiorari the proceedings and determination of the board of railroad commissioners in relation to the abandonment of Fair street station in that city. About the 6th of July, 189 j,…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
Authority for the discontinuance of the station in question is found in the Eailroad Law, which provides that “ no station established by any railroad corporation for the reception or delivery of passengers or property, or both, shall be discontinued without the consént of the board of railroad commissioners first had and obtained.” (L. 1890, ch. 565, as amended by ch. 676, L. of 1892, § 34.)
It is further provided by section 157 of the same law* that “ the board shall have power to administer oaths in all matters relating to its duties, so far as necessary to enable it to discharge such…
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