Legal Opinion

People ex rel. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Board of Railroad Commissioners

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 15, 1903PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 24th day of - May, 1902, directed to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York and Ashley W. Cole and others, members of and comprising said board, requiring them tó certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany their proceedings had in granting to the New York and Port Chester Bailroad Company a certificate under section 59 of the Bailroad Law.

1Opinion of the Court

Parker, P. J.:

The New York and Port Chester Bailroad Company, on the 12th of September, 1901, presented a petition to the Board of Bailroad Commissioners for a certificate, under section 59 of the Railroad Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 565, as amd. by Laws of 1895, chap. 545), that public convenience and necessity required the construction of the railroad proposed in its articles of association, and that all the requirements.of such section had been complied with. The relator above named opposed this application, claiming that the proposed road paralleled their own road, as well as others, and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Durant v. . AbendrothNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. White v. . EisemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. In re Amsterdam, J. & G. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895
  4. People's Rapid Transit Co. v. DashNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  5. In re Kings, Queens & Suffolk RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. New York & Long Island Railroad v. O'BrienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  2. New York & Long Island Railroad v. O'BrienNew York Supreme Court · 1906
  3. People ex rel. Erie Railroad v. Board of Railroad CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905

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