Loader v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Application for a writ of mandamus to compel a street railroad company to run its cars. '
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
It is my duty to declare the .law.of this case. This railroad corporation is not in the position of a mere private individual or company carrying on business for private gain, and free to suspend business temporarily or permanently at pleasure. On the contrary, it has a dual relation ; a -public relation to the people of the state, and a *209private one to its stockholders. It must not be forgotten here, though it may seem to be growing dim, if not wholly forgotten elsewhere, that in its chief aspect it is a public corporation, having duties to perform to the public which transcend any obligation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bloodgood v. Mohawk & Hudson RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1837
3Cited by7 opinions
- State ex rel. Grinsfelder v. Spokane Street-Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1898
- State Ex Rel. Daniel v. Broad River Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Northern Pacific Terminal Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1953
- People ex rel. Linton v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- People v. New York City Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1907
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