Brooklyn Central Rail Road v. Brooklyn City Rail Road
New York Supreme Court
THESE were appeals from an order made at a special term, dissolving an injunction obtained by the BrooHyn City Bail Boad Company; and from an order denying the motion of that company to dissolve an injunction obtained by the BrooHyn Central Bail Boad Company.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The plaintiffs and the defendants in hath these actions are corporations' duly organized and created under the laws of the state, with the power and for the purpose of constructing railways and operating rail road cars with horses and mules over certain streets in the city of Brooklyn. The City Bail Boad Company was organized anterior to the 19th day of December, 1853, but the precise day does not appear upon the papers, nor is it shown when the Central Company was organized, but it was some years after the organization of the other company had been perfected.
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