City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the New York City Bailway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of November, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action is brought to recover car license fees for the years 1902 to 1905 inclusive, for cars run and operated over the Sixth avenue franchise by the defendant as lessee. The Sixth Avenue Bailroad Company was incorporated on the 29th day of December, 1851, pursuant to the provisions of the General Bailroad Act, being chapter 140 of the Laws of 1850, and succeeded to the ownership and control of a certain grant made by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York on the 6th day of September, 1851, which conferred the right to construct a line of street railway…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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