People v. . Albany Susquehanna R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
These are appeals from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming in part and reversing in part a judgment entered upon the decision of the court at Special Term, and, also, an appeal from an order of said General Term affirming an order of Special Term denying a motion to vacate judgment.
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These are appeals from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming in part and reversing in part a judgment entered upon the decision of the court at Special Term, and, also, an appeal from an order of said General Term affirming an order of Special Term denying a motion to vacate judgment. (Reported below, 5 Lans., 25.) This action was brought substantially to determine which of two sets of claimants, one designated as the Ramsey directors, the other as the Church directors, both claiming to have been duly elected directors of the Albany and…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, C.
The people of this State have no general power to invoke the action of the courts of justice, by suits in their name of sovereignty for the redress of civil wrongs, sustained by some citizens at the hands of others. When they come into court as plaintiffs in a civil action they must come upon their own right, for relief to which they are themselves entitled. It is not sufficient for the people to show that wrong has been done to some one; the wrong must appear to be done to the people, in order to support an action by the people for its redress. The suit now before us, seems to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Greason v. . KeteltasNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Barlow v. . ScottNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Tappan v. GrayNew York Court of Chancery · 1842
- Davis v. . MorrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- The New York Ice Company v. . North Western Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1861
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- People v. . BallardNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Reynolds v. State, ex rel. TitusIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
- People Ex Rel. Corscadden v. . HoweNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Powers v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Attorney General v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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