Legal Opinion
Leighton v. New York Telephone Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1945PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
This is a motion to dismiss the petition in a proceeding, in the nature of mandamus, to compel respondent, New York Telephone Company, to recapture the extension telephones in residences of subscribers who have more than one instrument and distribute those extra instruments among applicants for service who have not been accorded service because of the shortage of instruments. Petitioner alleges that he is one of seventy-five thousand residents in the territory served by respondent who have not been able to secure telephone installations and that there are outstanding seventy-five thousand…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kovarsky v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Matter of Walsh v. LaguardiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Matter of Towers Man. Corp. v. ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Earl Carroll Realty Corp. v. New York Edison Co.New York Supreme Court · 1931
3Cited by8 opinions
- Guglielmo v. Long Island Lighting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Meyerson v. New York Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1971
- Abraham v. New York Telephone Co.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1976
- City Title Insurance v. OrgelNew York Supreme Court · 1954
- Driscoll v. New York Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1972
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