Rochester & Lake Ontario Water Co. v. City of Rochester
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered May 27,1903, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Plaintiff’s charter does not permit it to do any business in the city of Rochester.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered May 27,1903, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Plaintiff’s charter does not permit it to do any business in the city of Rochester. (Jemison v. C. S. Bank, 122 N. Y. 135; People ex rel. v. Campbell, 144 N. Y. 166; Pearce v. M. & I. R. R. Co., 62 N. Y. 441; Leslie v. Lorillard, 110 N. Y. 519; Kent v. Q. M. Co., 78 N. Y. 159;…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought to restrain the city of Rochester, its officers, agents and servants, from interfering with, or preventing the plaintiff from, laying its water pipes or mains across certain streets of the city.
The plaintiff is a domestic corporation organized under the Transportation Corporations Law, chapter 566, Laws of 1890, as amended by chapter 617, Laws of 1892, for the purpose of supplying water to the villages of Brighton and Fairport and the towns of Greece, Gates and Brighton, in the county of Monroe. The trustees of the villages and the officers of the towns have, under due…
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