Bath Gas Light Co. v. . Claffy
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 13, 1893, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Circuit, a jury having been waived. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinions.
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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 13, 1893, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Circuit, a jury having been waived. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinions. The contract leasing, for a term of years, all the property and corporate rights of the plaintiff to the defendant, the United Gas, Fuel and Light Company, is void as against public policy. (People v. N. R. S. R. Co., 121 N. Y. 582; N. O. G. Co. v. L.…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Ch. J.
A brief statement of the material facts will present the important question arising upon this appeal.
The plaintiff is a Maine corporation created under a special law of that state, passed in 1853, for the purpose of supplying gas for the lighting of the streets and buildings in the city of Bath. The United Gas, Fuel and Light Company is also a Maine corporation, organized in 1888, under a general law, by the execution and filing of a certificate, which in pursuance of the law of Maine was first submitted to and approved by the attorney-general, who certified that it was…
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