Legal Opinion
Rhinehart v. Redfield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 15, 1904PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal by the defendant, William O. Rédfield, ah commissioner of public works for the borough of Brooklyn, from an order of the Supreme Court, made, at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 16th day of December, 1903, granting the relators’ application for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
On the 13th day of April, 1891, the common council of the then city of Brooklyn adopted the following resolution :
“ Resolved, that Clark D. Rhinehart and John Guilfoyle of the City of Brooklyn, their successors and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to open the streets, avenues, lanes, roads, highways and public places of the said city, and to lay and maintain therein pipes, tubes, conduits, conductors and the appliances therewith nécés-i sary for the- conveying, using and supplying of gas generated from ammonia to the houses and buildings in the said city, for the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Curtis and Others v. . LeavittNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- People Ex Rel. Manhattan Railway Co. v. BarkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Beekman v. . Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- People Ex Rel. Third Ave. R.R. Co. v. . NewtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People v. Broadway RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Town of Guilderland v. SwansonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
- Colonial Motor Coach Corp. v. City of OswegoNew York Supreme Court · 1926
- Penn-York Natural Gas Corp. v. MaltbieNew York Supreme Court · 1937
- Economic Power v. City of BuffaloNew York Supreme Court · 1908
- People ex rel. Abraham v. PerleyNew York Supreme Court · 1910
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