Brush Electric Illuminating Co. v. Consolidated Telegraph & Electrical Subway Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by the Brush Electric Illuminating Company against the Consoli■dated Telegraph & Electrical Subway Company. From an order denying its motion to continue ah injunction pendente lite plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
The plaintiff in this action, together with the plaintiffs in the other actions argued herewith, were duly incorporated for the purpose of the manufacture, use, and transmission of electricity for the production of heat, light, and power in the city of New York, and for a long period of time maintained poles and wires and other conductors in the streets of the •city by which their currents were transmitted and distributed. Prior to the year 1887 overhead wires were exclusively used by these corporations. In 1884 the legislature passed an act which provided that all telegraphic, telephonic,…
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