In re the Long Acre Electric Light & Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tlie Consolidated' Telegrajih and Electrical Subway Company from an order of the Supreme Court, made at" the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of. the county of New York on the 3d day of October, 1906, granting the petitioner’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J. :
This proceeding involves the right of the relator, an electric light company, to obtain an allotment of space for its wires in the underground conduits belonging to the-Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway t)bmpany (hereinafter for brevity’s sake, called the Subway Company). The organization of the Subway Company and its erection and maintenance of underground conduits for eléctrica! conductors marked the culmination of the-long struggle, now passed into familiar history, to compel the removal from the streets and public places on Manhattan island of the poles and wires…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Woodruff v. . Erie Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- The Buffalo and Allegany Railroad Company v. . CaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Oakland Railroad v. Oakland, Brooklyn, & Fruit Vale RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
- Parker v. Elmira, Cortland & Northern RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- West Side Electric Co. v. Consolidated Telegraph & Electrical Subway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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- People ex rel. New York Edison Co. v. WillcoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- People ex rel. Long Acre Electric Light & Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- State of NY v. WESTWOOD-SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL, CO.District Court, W.D. New York · 1997
- People ex rel. New York Edison Co. v. McCallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913