Legal Opinion

Riedeman v. Mount Morris Electric Light Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1900PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The Mount Morris Electric Light Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Few York on the 8th day of June, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Few York Special Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

The -plaintiff alleges that he is the owner of the property known as Fo. 534 Greenwich street, in the city of Few York; that the defendant is in possession of certain lands lying adjacent to the plaintiff’s premises, and that the defendant has placed upon the premises occupied by it certain machinery for the purpose of generating electricity to be supplied to the general public for lighting and other purposes, and has so negligently constructed and operated the said machinery as'to discharge upon the premises of the plaintiff great quantities of soot, cinders, ashes and noisome…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Trustees of Columbia College v. . ThacherNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. Gray v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hulbert v. California Etc. Cement Co.California Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Crocker v. Manhattan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  3. People v. Transit Development Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  4. Barney v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Bentley v. Empire Portland Cement Co.New York Supreme Court · 1905

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