People ex rel. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad v. Steers
New York Supreme Court
Mandamus on the- relation of Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad Company to compel Alfred E. Steers, as president of the borough of Brooklyn, and others, to grant a permit to relator allowing it to construct its double-track street surface railroad on Troy avenue, between Bergen street and the old city line; said line being the division line between the former city of Brooklyn and the former town of Plat-bush at or near Montgomery street, in the borough of Brooklyn.
1Opinion of the CourtKelby, J.
It appears without contradiction in the moving papers that the Broadway Railroad Company (which was later merged with the relator) has the *326necessary consents of abutting owners and local authorities, as required by the Constitution and statutes of the state. It also appears that the Broadway railroad, relator’s predecessor corporation, had filed and recorded, pursuant to law, a certificate of extension or statement in the office of the secretary of state on the 31st day of December, 1892. This statement contained an enumeration of the streets, avenues and places in which it was proposed to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bohmer v. . HaffenNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Bohmer v. HaffenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Auburn Interurban Electric RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad v. SteersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913