People ex rel. Tupper Lake Water Co. v. Sisson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 11 th day of January, 1902, directed to Charles H. Sisson and others, as town auditors, and the board of town auditors of the town of Altainont, Franklin county, H Y., commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Franklin all and singular their proceedings in rejecting the relator’s claim for supplying water for fire protection pursuant to a written contract made by the town…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 11 th day of January, 1902, directed to Charles H. Sisson and others, as town auditors, and the board of town auditors of the town of Altainont, Franklin county, H Y., commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Franklin all and singular their proceedings in rejecting the relator’s claim for supplying water for fire protection pursuant to a written contract made by the town board of the town of Altainont with the relator in October, 1899. The claim was rejected on the ground that the contract…
1Opinion of the CourtKellogg, J.
For authority to create a water supply district and to contract for •a water supply the town board of the town of Altamont seems to have resorted to a provision of the so-called Transportation Corporations Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 566, § 81, as amd. by Laws of 1896, chap. 678) which reads as follows: “The town board of any town may establish a water supply district in such town outside of a city or incorporated village therein by filing a certificate describing the bounds thereof in the office of the town clerk; and may •contract in the name of the town for the delivery by a corporation,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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