Rochester & L. O. Water Co. v. City of Rochester
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Special Term, Monroe Comity. _ Suit by the Rochester & Lake Ontario Water Company against the city of Rochester. From a judgment granting a perpetual injunction restraining defendant from interfering with the plaintiff in laying its water mains, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSpring, J.
The plaintiff is a water company incorporated pursuant to the transportation corporations law (Laws 1890, p. 1136, c. 566) for the purpose of furnishing water to the villages of Brighton and Fairport and three towns. The water is to be taken from Lake Ontario west of the mouth of the Genesee river, and the towns are between the lake and the city, while the latter is between the towns and the villages. The preliminary permit prescribed by section 80 of the law mentioned has been granted by the municipal authorities of these villages. None has been obtained from the city of Rochester. The route…
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