In re the Public Service Commission for the First District for an Order Directing Mendel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by William H. Mendel from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 21st day of November, 1913, adjudging him guilty of contempt for refusing to answer certain questions propounded to him by the Public Service Commission while a witness before that body, and for refusing to produce certain journals, cash books, ledgers and books of account, and committing him to jail,…
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Appeal by William H. Mendel from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 21st day of November, 1913, adjudging him guilty of contempt for refusing to answer certain questions propounded to him by the Public Service Commission while a witness before that body, and for refusing to produce certain journals, cash books, ledgers and books of account, and committing him to jail, pursuant to section 19 of the Public Service Commissions Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 48; Laws of 1910, chap. 480).
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The Public Service Commission for the First District on September 9, 1913, on its own motion, adopted a resolution for a hearing to be held for the purpose of determining whether the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company should be ordered to maintain one or more offices or departments, suitably located in the Grand Central Station, in which packages may be checked by those using the trains of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, or trains of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, for a charge to be less than ten cents per package.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. WillcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re GilchristNew York Supreme Court · 1927