People ex rel. N. Y. Westchester v. Hyde
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway 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 21st day of October, 1910, denying the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The relator is a .railroad corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York. By virtue of an ordinance theretofore passed by the board of aldermen of the city of New York the relator obtained from the city the right and privilege to construct and operate a four-track railway in, upon and across certain streets, *322avenues, parkways, highways and public places of the borough of ■the Bronx in such city, subject to certain conditions, one of which was that the relator, its successors or assigns should pay to the city “ During the first ten years, commencing upon the day…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Heerwagen v. Crosstown Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
- People Ex Rel. N.Y.C., Etc., Co. v. . GourleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- People ex rel. Nassau Electric Railroad v. GroutAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Heerwagen v. Crosstown Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- People Ex Rel. Nassau Electric Railroad Co. v. . GroutNew York Court of Appeals · 1907