Stillwater & Mechanicville Street Railway Co. v. Boston & Maine Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 14, 1902, which reversed an order of Special Term confirming the report of commissioners and adjudging that an intersection and connection of the respondent’s railroad with that of the petitioner he made, and dismissed the application. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 14, 1902, which reversed an order of Special Term confirming the report of commissioners and adjudging that an intersection and connection of the respondent’s railroad with that of the petitioner he made, and dismissed the application. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The power to compel the intersection and connection of two railroads is not confined exclusively to steam railroads. (Matter of W. S & A. R. R. Co. v. S. B. & N. Y. R. R. Co., 115 N. Y. 442 ;…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This proceeding was instituted by the Still-water & Mechanicville Street Railway Company to obtain an order permitting it to unite and connect the tracks of its railroad with those of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company in order to facilitate the free interchanging of cars between the two roads.
The Stillwater & Meelianicville Street Railway Company was organized under the General Railroad Law of this state, with the right to transport both passengers and freight, and is operated as an electric railroad by the trolley system.
The Boston & Maine railroad is a foreign corporation, organized under…
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