People ex rel. Oneonta Light & Power Co. v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 12th day of March, 1917, directed to the Public Service Commission, Second District, commanding it to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular its proceedings had in directing the relator to cease doing business in certain localities.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The determination of the Public Service Commission, Second District, sought to be reviewed, directed that the relator cease from transmitting and distributing electricity for lighting, heating and power purposes in that portion of the town of Oneonta, Otsego county, N. Y., lying westerly of the city of Oneonta, known as Oneonta Plains.
In July, 1916, the relator received from a development company which was the owner of tracts of land at Oneonta *34Plains, a grant of the right to erect and maintain electric light and power lines in streets, then sixteen in number, and in public places,…
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