Hewsey v. Queens Borough Gas & Electric Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, tenth district, borough of Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
Section 68 of the Transportation Corporations Law authorizes a gas or electric lighting company to cut off the supply of a customer if the latter shall neglect or refuse to pay the rent or remuneration due. It satisfactorily appears that there was a sum due from plaintiff, and that she neglected to pay after due notification to and demand upon those whom she had left in charge of her house. The deposit provided for by section 66 of the same act is not provided *376for as prepayment of rent, nor is it required to be made for the benefit of the customer but for that of the company, and the latter…
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