People Ex Rel. New York Edison Co. v. Willcox
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 24, 1912, which dismissed a writ of certiorari and affirmed a determination of the defendant Public Service Commission authorizing the defendant Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company to issue stocks and bonds. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 24, 1912, which dismissed a writ of certiorari and affirmed a determination of the defendant Public Service Commission authorizing the defendant Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company to issue stocks and bonds. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Competition is not permitted in the case of public service corporations, regulated by statute, unless the public interest requires it. (Willcox v. C. G. Co., 212 U. S. 19; Weld v. G., etc., Comrs., 197 Mass.…
1Opinion of the CourtCollin, J.
The determination of the public service commission, which the certiorari brought under review, was made in the proceeding instituted 'by the respondent, the Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company, to obtain authority to issue stock and bonds under section 69 of the Public Service Commissions Law. The first question to be considered is whether or not we should dismiss the appeal of the relator, the New York Edison Company, and the answer to that depends, in turn, upon the question whether the relator was, within the meaning of section 2127 of the Code of Civil Procedure, aggrieved by the…
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