Owners & Tenants Electric Co. v. Tractenberg

Lewis (David C.), J.

The defendant charges the plaintiff and also the landlord corporation with the illicit traffic in electricity. Here is a challenge that must be met now — not later. If the indictment is sustained, that ends this lawsuit.

The question before the court involves the much-discussed submetering business. This court does not essay any opinion on any economic, technical, industrial or practical phase of this practice. The problem is not what such considerations might warrant, but what the law allows.

Both the plaintiff in this action and the landlord in this case are domestic…