Brooklyn & Rockaway Beach Railroad v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The Long Island Railroad Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the llt-li day of July, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff corporation was organized under the General Railroad Law of 1850 (chap. 140), about 1864, for the purpose of constructing a single track railroad, about three miles in length, from East New York southerly to Oanarsie on Jamaica bay. At Canarsie this railroad connected with a small steamboat which conveyed passengers to Rockawav Beach. Section 47 of the General Railroad Law was amended in 1867 (Chap. 775), so that it was provided that “If any corporation formed under ” this act “shall riot, within five years after its articles of association are filed and recorded in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The People v. . the Albany and Vermont Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- People v. Broadway RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Erie Railroad Co. v. . StewardNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Matter of Metropolitan Transit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
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- O'Reilly v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- In re Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905