People ex rel. New York Central v. Board of Railroad Commissioners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and allowed on the 19th day of November, 1902, directed to The Board of . Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York and others, the members thereof, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the'county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in granting to the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad Company a certificate of public necessity to construct a railroad to he operated by…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and allowed on the 19th day of November, 1902, directed to The Board of . Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York and others, the members thereof, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the'county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in granting to the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad Company a certificate of public necessity to construct a railroad to he operated by electricity between the cities of Rochester and Syracuse. The .route of the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad Company is…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
By section 2 of the Railroad Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 565, as amd. by Laws of 1892, chap. 676) the certificate of incorporation of the applicant road was required to state “the names and description of the streets, avenues and highways in which the road is to be constructed.” By section 59 of that law (added by Laws of 1892, chap. 676, and amd. by Laws of 1895, chap. 545) it is provided that no railroad corporation shall exercise the powers conferred by law upon such corporations or begin the construction of its road “ until the directors shall cause a copy of the articles of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Steward v. Board of Railroad CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- People ex rel. Depew & Southwestern Railroad v. Board of Railroad CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Directors of the Frontier & Western RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- In re the Ticonderoga Union Terminal RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906