People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. Squire
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE THE CITY AND COUNTY OE NEW YORK. The court stated the case as follows : This was an application for a writ of-mandamus on behalf of the New York -Electric Lines Company, a New York corporation, to compel the commissioner of public works of New York City to give it "written permission to make excavations and open up the streets and pavements of the city for the purpose of laying its wires and other conductors of electricity underground,…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE THE CITY AND COUNTY OE NEW YORK. The court stated the case as follows : This was an application for a writ of-mandamus on behalf of the New York -Electric Lines Company, a New York corporation, to compel the commissioner of public works of New York City to give it "written permission to make excavations and open up the streets and pavements of the city for the purpose of laying its wires and other conductors of electricity underground, and of making its underground, electrical connection's, in accordance, it was claimed, with' its franchise for such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
In the New York courts it was contended by the relator (1) that the aforesaid acts of the legislature of that State passed in- 1885 and 1886 were not applicable to it because passed subsequently to the date of the alleged contract between it and. the city, of April 16, 1883; (2) that if they. were appli-' cable to it, they were violative of the constitution of the State of New York, for several reasons stated; and (3) that if applicable, they also violated the Constitution of the United States in certain particulars'specified. All of the points made by the relator were decided' adversely to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. SquireNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad v. GibbesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Stein v. Bienville Water Supply Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
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- New York Electric Lines Co. v. Empire City Subway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Union Central Life Insurance v. ChowningTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Receiver v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Farrington v. PinckneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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