In re New Hamburg & Poughkeepsie Connecting Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Dutchess county. Application by the New Hamburg & Poughkeepsie Connecting Railroad Company for an order directing the issuance of a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the construction of petitioner’s railroad as proposed in its articles of - association. Denied.
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
This is an application, under section 59 of the general railroad law, for an order directing the state board.of.railroad commissioners to issue a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the construction of petitioner’s railroad as proposed in its articles of association. By the section referred to, a change has been made in the public policy of this state as to railroads. Formerly, it was within the power of any body of persons sufficiently numerous, and possessing the requisite capital, to construct a railroad at any time, between any termini they might select, the route of…
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