Fifth Ave. Coach Co. v. . City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 11, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 11, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Appellant has rented to advertisers surplus exterior space upon its stages, as it lias an inherent right to do as the owner of the stages, and no question of corporate franchise is involved. (N. B. S. Co. v. Shea, 182 Mass. 147; State v. N. O. W. Co., 109 La.…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The plaintiff owns and runs on the route hereinafter described, in the city of New York, a large number of stages. On the lltli day of May, 1907, it entered into an agreement with the Hailway Advertising Company by which it granted and leased to said company “ The exclusive right and privilege of maintaining advertising signs upon the exterior of each and every coach or omnibus now (then) operated or run, Or which may hereafter (thereafter) be operated or run, upon the regular route of said coach company, extending from Eighty-ninth street in the city of New York down Fifth avenue across and…
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