In re Depew & S. W. Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Application by the Depew & Southwestern Railroad Company, pursuant to Laws 1892, c. 676, § 59, for direction to the board of railroad commissioners to issue a certificate that public convenience and necessity required the construction of the railroad as proposed in the articles of association of said company.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The Depew & Southwestern Railroad Company was duly incorporated, and the termini of its proposed line of railroad were Depew and Blasdell, in the county of Erie. The Terminal Railway of Buffalo was also duly incorporated, and the proposed termini were the same. Each company made application to-*992the board of railroad commissioners for a certificate under the statute which provides that “no railroad corporation hereafter formed under the laws of this state shall exercise the powers conferred by law upon such corporations or begin the construction of its road until the board of railroad…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re Amsterdam, J. & G. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- In re New Hamburg & Poughkeepsie Connecting RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- People v. Ulster & Delaware RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
- People ex rel. Depew & Southwestern Railroad v. Board of Railroad CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- In re WoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- People ex rel. Depew & Southwestern Railroad v. Board of Railroad CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896