Legal Opinion · Dissent
People ex rel. Depew & Southwestern Railroad v. Board of Railroad Commissioners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 14, 1896Published
1DissentParker, P. J.
The Depew & Southwestern Railroad Company filed its articles of association on June 15, 1895. The Terminal Railway of Buffalo filed its articles of association on June 17, 1895. Each made application upon the same day to the board, of railroad- commissioners for the certificate required by section 59 of the “Railroad Law” (Laws 1892, c. 676). Such board heard the two applications together. Upon the hearing, it appeared that each company proposed to build a road from the village of Blasdell to-the village of Depew, a distance of about 11 miles, all in the county of Erie; and that the road and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Barto v. . HimrodNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- The People v. . Fire Association of Phil'A.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- In re New Hamburg & Poughkeepsie Connecting RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- In re Depew & S. W. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895