People v. Consolidated Gas Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The People of the State of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 10th day of July, 1908, as amended, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Hew York Special Term,, sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the amended complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action brought by the Attorney-General in the name of the People of the State to have it adjudged that certain consents *627or grants to lay and maintain pipes in certain streets for the distribution of gas, alleged to have been franchises, giveil or made by the local authorities of the city of blew York to the defendant and the constituent companies whose rights it has acquired by merger and otherwise, have ceased, terminated and expired by reason of the expiration of the period for which the same were given, and enjoining the defendant from the further exercise of any…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. Portage City Water Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- People ex rel. Warfield v. Sutter Street Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1897
- Attorney-General v. Consolidated Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- People v. Equity Gas Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- People v. Broadway RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1890
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