Economic Power v. City of Buffalo

This action is brought by the Economic Power and Construction Company against the city of Buffalo and its officials to restrain the defendants from interfering with the plaintiff’s entry upon the streets of Buffalo and excavating trenches therein for the purpose of laying its steam mains and electric conduits, through which it proposes to furnish steam heating and electricity for lighting and power purposes to the city and its inhabitants.

The company claims the right to use the streets of the city and all other cities and the highways of the State, generally, without the consent of the local…