Pallace v. Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the defendant, the Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in t-lie first instance, the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff having been rendered bn the 23d day of March, 1908, after a trial at,the Monroe Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The respondent is an attorney and counselor at law, admitted in 1901, and engaged in the active practice of his profession. The defendant is a corporation engaged in the transmission of electricity from Niagara river to the city, of Syracuse. In the years 1905 and 1906. it was engaged in securing franchises from the various towns and municipalities along its proposed route and also. in acquiring lands by purchase and condemnation proceedings for the building and operation of its line.
Robert E. Drake of Syracuse was the general counsel of the defendant at a yearly salary of $6,000,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Application of RabyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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