People ex rel. Dock v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out the Supreme Court and attested on the 23d day of December, 1914, directed to the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York and Edward E. McCall and others, as commissioners or members of said Commission, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in denying the application of the relators for an order authorizing the issuance of…
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Certiorari issued out the Supreme Court and attested on the 23d day of December, 1914, directed to the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York and Edward E. McCall and others, as commissioners or members of said Commission, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in denying the application of the relators for an order authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
The Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Eailroad Company (hereinafter referred to as the railroad) is a domestic corporation organized in 1866, and operating three routes in the city of New York, one of which is equipped with an underground electric system, and the other two with electric storage battery cars. It had been operated for some years as a constituent part of the Third Avenue Eailway system, which owned substantially all the capital stock, aggregating $1,200,000. In February, 1908, in an action brought in the United States Circuit Court, Southern District of New York,…
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