Meado-Lawn Homes, Inc. v. Westchester Lighting Co.

Prior to February 24, 1937, the defendant Development Corporation was the owner of a tract of land in Westchester County which it was developing for subdivision and sale. To further such purposes it entered into agreements with the defendant Lighting Company whereby the latter laid and maintains its gas mains in certain streets through or abutting on the tract. The Development Corporation, pursuant to the provisions of such agreements, paid the Lighting Company substantial sums based on the *670size and length of gas mains laid, and it also, at its own cost and expense, excavated the trenches…