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Ferguson v. Producers Gas Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 2, 1955PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.

The controversy here presented involves defendants-respondents’ right to install and maintain a gas pipe line and a meter attached thereto in a strip of land in which they possess an easement for “ highway and street purposes.” The plaintiffs-appellants, as owners of the fee, have brought this action for a mandatory injunction for removal of the line and meter.

In the year 1930 the owner of a fifty-acre farm situate in the town of Olean caused the same to be subdivided into streets and lots as shown on a map thereof which was duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Cattaraugus County. Through…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
  2. Eels v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
  3. Matter of City of N.Y. (Northern Blvd.)New York Court of Appeals · 1932
  4. Palmer v. . Larchmont Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
  5. Van Brunt v. . Town of FlatbushNew York Court of Appeals · 1891

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Heyert v. Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. Medine v. BurnsNew York Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Holden v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  4. Willow Tex, Inc. v. DimacopoulosNew York Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Heyert v. Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965

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