People ex rel. Clements v. Williams

This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to remove certain electric light poles and wires from public streets in the thirtieth ward of the borough of Brooklyn. These poles and wires are owned by the defendant Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn and are alleged to be maintained by it without lawful authority. That company, and an affiliated company called the Amsterdam Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, were brought into this proceeding as parties defendant after the proceeding had been instituted, upon the application of the original…