Legal Opinion

United States Illuminating Co. v. Grant

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 1889PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from special term, New York county. Defendants, the board of electrical control of the city of New York and the commissioner of public works, appeal from an order granting an injunction.

1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.

The circumstances relating to the organization of the United States Illuminating Company and the Brush Electric Illuminating Company are so similar that it is not necessary, in the statement of facts, to refer distinctly to those two plaintiffs. The Mount Morris Electric Light Company stands in a different position in some respects, which will be hereafter noticed. The two plaintiffs first above mentioned seem to hawe been organized, pursuant to the laws of this state, for the purpose of generating and distributing through New York city electric currents, for light and power. They were…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. City of Rapid City v. BolandSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Egan v. Health DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  3. McMullan v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.New York City Court · 1895
  4. Egan v. Health DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  5. Millcreek Valley Street Railroad v. Village of St. Bernard, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County1901

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