Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Long Island Lighting Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 28, 1939PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoughran, J.
The defendant Long Island Lighting Company, a public service corporation, supplied electric current in the home of the plaintiff at Bellemore, Long Island. On March 26, 1936, this service was cut off by the company without advance notice. Three months later the plaintiff paid, under protest, a bill of $181 “ for unmetered current ” and thereupon the service was renewed.
The company is subject to the Transportation Corporations Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 63). At the time here in issue, section 15 thereof (as amd. L. 1935, ch. 481) provided: “ If any person supplied with gas or electric light by any…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Matter of McNerney v. City of GenevaNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Brewer v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.New York Supreme Court · 1962
- Morris v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
- Dunn v. E. L. Gayvert & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941