Central Trust Co. v. Third Ave. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Suits by the Central Trust Company against the Third Avenue Railroad Company, by the Barber Asphalt Company against tiie Forty-Second Street, Manhattanville & St. Nicholas Avenue Railway Company, by the American Hay Company against the Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery Railroad Company, and by the Lorain Steel Company against the Union Railway Company.
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In Equity. Suits by the Central Trust Company against the Third Avenue Railroad Company, by the Barber Asphalt Company against tiie Forty-Second Street, Manhattanville & St. Nicholas Avenue Railway Company, by the American Hay Company against the Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery Railroad Company, and by the Lorain Steel Company against the Union Railway Company. The receiver of the defendant roads above enumerated has applied for instructions as to proposed discontinuance of transfers in addition to those considered in an earlier opinion of this court filed March 31, 1908 (161 Fed. 819).
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The propositions submitted on this petition may be more conveniently discussed separately, since the facts are not the same in the case of each road.
1. The Manhattan Elevated Road.
On April 3, 1899, formal contracts were entered into between the Manhattan Railway Company and the four surface roads, which are defendants in those cases, providing for the transfer of passengers from elevated to surface road, and vice versa, upon the payment by the passenger of three cents in addition to the regular fare of five cents. The eight cents for the whole trip, including transfer,…
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