People Ex Rel. Woodhaven Gas Light Co. v. Deehan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 4, 1897, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a peremptory writ of mandamus. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 4, 1897, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a peremptory writ of mandamus. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The intention of the legislature was the formation of corporations empowered to light the streets, etc., of the town; not any given streets, not some streets, nor even “ streets,” but the streets; i. e., all the streets. And in the grant of power, the legislature gave the corporations formed under the acts the right to My…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The relator is a domestic corporation organized under chapter 37 of the Laws of 1848 for the purpose of supplying gas for lighting the streets, public places and private buildings in the town of Jamaica in the county of Queens.
The statute confers power upon such corporations to furnish such quantities of gas as may be required in the city, town or village, where the same may be located, for lighting the streets and public or private buildings or for other purposes,, and to lay conductors for conducting gas through the streets, lanes, alleys, squares and highways in such city, village or town…
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