Legal Opinion
City of New York v. Long Island Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment should be granted and defendant third-party plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment should be denied.
Pursuant to certain consents and franchises, The Long Island Railroad Company was granted the privilege of using and occupying certain streets in the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, in consideration for which it paid certain sums of money annually to the City of New York. On January 20, 1966, said railroad was acquired by the Metropolitan…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sands v. Manistee River Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- In re the Accounting of Guaranty Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Central Savings Bank v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- New York City v. Central Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- City of New York v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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