City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the New York City Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of November, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to recover license fees for cars run and operated by the defendant over the Eighth avenue line, só called, during the years 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905. The duty to pay the license fees arises under a grant containing the same provision as that with respect to the Sixth avenue line involved in the action between the same parties, argued and decided herewith, and under the same ordinance. It is not questioned that the duty of paying license fees for those years devolved on the defendant. The plaintiff has recovered the amount of the license fees owing, upon the…
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