In re Wheeler
New York Supreme Court
Application for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the CourtBlackmar, J.
This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the city of Mew York to maintain and operate live ferries running between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Four of the ferries have their Brooklyn termini at the foot of Broadway in the section of the city known as Williamsburgh, and their Manhattan termini at Boosevelt street, Grand street, Twenty-third street and Forty-second street, respectively. The other runs from Grand street, Brooklyn, to Grand street, Manhattan. These ferries have been operated for many years by the Brooklyn Ferry Company of Mew York as lessee,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren BridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- People ex rel. Case v. CollinsNew York Supreme Court · 1837
- Darlington v. . Mayor, C., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Attorney General v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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- State Ex Rel. Burg v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1926
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- Brooklyn & Richmond Ferry Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
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