Electric Power Co. v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term. Action by the Electric Power Company against the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New York and others. There was a judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Transferred from First to Second department.
1Opinion of the CourtGoodrich, P. J.
The action on the amended pleadings is brought, among other things, to recover the value of certain fixtures and wires belonging to the plaintiff, which were alleged to have been converted by *461the defendants. The court at special term dismissed the complaint, and from the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appeals. In the view which we take of this case no extended statement of the facts is necessary, and we refer only to those facts upon which our opinion is to be predicated. The plaintiff was organized as a corporation prior to 1888. In that year the board of electrical control of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Electric Power Co. v. Metropolitan Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894