Bennett v. Eastchester Gas Light Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Eastchester Gas Light Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of. the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 12th day of October, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This action-is-brought to recover penalties!:or refusing tpf urnishg.as .upon demand made by the plaintiffirherefor pursuant to the provisions of section 65 of the Transportation Corporations Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 566). It appeared upon the trial that the plaintiff, demanded that gas be furnished to him in his office.in the post office building, :at. Mount Vernon, N. T. The demand thus made was not complied with, by the defendant, and no gas was furnished pursuant thereto for the reason, as claimed by the defendant upon the trial, that the plaintiff was indebted to it in the sum.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shultes v. SicklesNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Switzer v. NortonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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