The People v. . the New York Central Railroad Company
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the judgment of the -Supreme Court sitting in the second district, affirming the judgment of Justice Brown at the Orange Circuit, dismissing the complaint.
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Appeal from the judgment of the -Supreme Court sitting in the second district, affirming the judgment of Justice Brown at the Orange Circuit, dismissing the complaint. The action is to recover tolls which would have accrued and. become payable to the State from the defendant, and the several corporations which were consolidated- and merged in the defendant at its organization, under laws in force when the present Constitution of the State was adopted, had these laws remained in force. The defendant, “The New York Central Railroad Company,” came into existence in 1853, by the consolidation of…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
An elaborate or extended discussion of the rules of constitutional and statutory interpretation, would be out of place at this time. The recent and frequent consideration and application of these rules by the courts has made them quite familiar, and leaves us but little to do in this case, important and interesting as it is, but to suggest them as their application becomes necessary in the progress of the discussion. One or two general remarks, particularly applicable to a written Constitution, may be proper, as connected with the first and most important canon in the interpretation of…
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