Legal Opinion

People v. the New York Central and Hudson River Rail.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 17, 1910PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 6, 1910, in favor of plaintiff upon the submission of a controversy, under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as to whether certain equipment trust certificates and dividend warrants came within the provision of the Public Service Commissions Law prohibiting railroad corporations from issuing “ stocks, bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness…

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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 6, 1910, in favor of plaintiff upon the submission of a controversy, under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as to whether certain equipment trust certificates and dividend warrants came within the provision of the Public Service Commissions Law prohibiting railroad corporations from issuing “ stocks, bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness payable at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof” without permission from the proper commission.

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Smith, P. J., below.

Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Willard Bartlett, Hiscook and Chase, JJ.

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. County Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
  2. Staten Island Edison Corp. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
  3. Venner v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914