Gaedeke v. Staten Island Midland Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Staten Island Midland Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York for the borough of Richmond in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 31st day of May, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Match, J.:. The very full examination which this case received in the court below, and the able opinions delivered by the learned judge in the decision of this* and the Gortelyou case, require little to be said by us. We may safely rest our decision of this case thereon. It is, however, so earnestly insisted by the appellant that the clause in the contract, made by the defendant with the commissioners of the town of Southfield, is void, that we conclude to express our views thereon.
It is conceded that the railroad company applied to the commissioners for their consent to lay its tracks in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Little v. . BanksNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Durnherr v. . RauNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- People Ex Rel. Kingsland v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Matter of Kings County Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People Ex. Rel. West Side Street Railway Co. v. BarnardNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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