Legal Opinion
Matter of Brooklyn, Winfield, Etc., R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 3, 1878PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This court in the former proceeding taken by the petitioner for the appointment of commissioners of appraisal, affirmed the order of the Special and General Terms, denying the prayer of the petition on the ground that in September, 1877, when the proceeding was instituted, the Brooklyn, Winfield, and Newton Railroad Company, had ceased to be a corporation, and was extinct by its failure to construct its road within the time limited by chapter 775, of the Laws of 1867, or within the three years for which the time was extended by chapter 575 of the Laws of 1874.
In the former proceeding it was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of N.Y. Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
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