Sheehy v. Bronx Gas & Electric Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Action by Edward C. Sheehy against the Bronx Gas & Electric Company, the commissioners of the department of public parks, and the commissioners of the board of electrical control of the city of New York. From an order granting an injunction pendente lite,. the Bronx Gas & Electric Company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcLAUGHLIN, J.
The plaintiff, as a taxpayer, has instituted this-, action to restrain the commissioners of the department of public parks,, and the commissioners of the hoard of electrical control, of the city of New York, from issuing a permit to the Bronx Gas & Electric Company to excavate, erect poles, or string electric wires in one of the public parks of the city, and also to restrain the gas company from, doing such acts. He has, during the pendency of the action, accomplished by an order what he seeks to accomplish ultimately by a judgment. From this order the defendant gas company alone has…
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