Adamson v. Nassau Electric Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Action by John Adamson against the Nassau Electric Railroad Company and others to have declared void a certain franchise granted to defendant corporation by the common council of the city of Brooklyn. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiff (33 N. Y. Supp. 732). and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
The decision of the learned judge who heard this case at the special term is that “the court has found that such consents were granted by the common council of the city fraudulently, and as a matter of favor to the defendant companies, and for a less sum than could be secured for them in the exercise of reasonable diligence.” There is no allegation in the complaint that the aider-men were corrupt, or that the consents were the product of corruption; and the learned counsel for the plaintiff upon the argument expressly disavowed any claim to uphold the judgment upon that ground. An examination…
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