Legal Opinion
Bankers Trust Co. v. City of Yonkers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 30, 1938PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtLazansky, P. J.
For a number of years defendant Yonkers Railroad Company had been operating street car lines to the extent of about twenty-eight miles over highways of defendant city of Yonkers under franchises granted to it by the city. In voluntary proceedings in the Supreme Court, Westchester county, for the dissolution of the railroad on the ground of insolvency, a temporary receiver was appointed January 17, 1908, and then, by order of May 5, 1909, the railroad company was declared insolvent, ordered dissolved, and a permanent receiver appointed to receive and liquidate the franchises and other property…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Matter of Quinby v. . Public Service Comm.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- New York Electric Lines Co. v. Empire City Subway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- City of New York v. . BryanNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. BlairNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Blanshard v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
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- People's Cable Corp. v. City of RochesterNew York Supreme Court · 1972