Legal Opinion
City of New York v. New York City Ry. Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided June 18, 1909PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeals from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District. Two actions by the City of New York against the New York City-Railway Company. Judgments for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
These actions are brought to recover penalties for the operation of five surface cars by the defendant company under the franchise of the Sixth Avenue Company and a similar number of cars under the franchise of the Eighth Avenue Company without the display therein of certificates of payment of license fees. The lines of both the Sixth Avenue -and the Eighth Avenue Companies, *920the lessors of the defendant, were built under a franchise grant which provided that:
“Each of said passenger cars to be used on said roads shall be annually licensed by the mayor, and there shall be paid annually for such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Murphy v. George Brown & Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1918