Jamaica Water Supply Co. v. City of New York

There can he no serious question of the right of the plaintiff, under the statutes applicable to its organization and from which it derives its powers and franchise, to lay and maintain its pipes and hydrants for delivering and distributing water in any street, highway or public place of the fourth ward of the "borough of Queens, formerly the village and town of Jamaica. Laws of 1873, chap. 737; Laws of 1881, chap. 213; Laws of 1890, chap. 566; Laws of 1892, chap. 617.

Any interference with the free exercise of such right, subject only to reasonable regulations prescribed by law in pursuance…