In re the Hearing Before the Public Service Commissions for the First & Second Districts
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by The City of New York from a determination of the Public Service Commissions of the State of New York for the First and Second Districts and from the order made in accordance therewith and entered in the office of the secretaries of said Commissions on or about the 20th day of May, 1915, as amended and resettled by an order entered on or about the 3d day of August, 1915, and from the determination of said Commissions made at that time.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The proceeding was instituted in March, 1915, by the Public Service Commission, First District, upon its own motion, under section 95 of the Railroad Law, as amended by chapter 354 of the Laws of 1913, by which a Public Service Commission is authorized in the absence of any application therefor and of its own motion to institute proceedings looking to the elimination of grade crossings. The hearing was first had before the Commission for the First District alone and a tentative order made. A rehearing being demanded by the city of New York, it was held by the two Commissions…
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- People Ex Rel. New York & Queens Gas Co. v. McCallNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- In re the New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Town Board v. Fitchburg RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Danner v. New York & Harlem RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Schaghticoke v. . Fitchburg Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
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