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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Babylon Railroad Company, Respondent, v. The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York et al., Appellants
158 N.Y. 711·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
All concur.
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Babylon Railroad Company, Respondent, v. The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York et al., Appellants.
(Argued February 27, 1899;
decided March 21, 1899.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 14, 1898, reversing a determination of the state board of railroad commissioners denying the application of the relator to .change its motive power from horse power to “ kinetic motor steam power.”
People ex rel. Babylon R. R. Co. v. Comrs., 32 App. Div. 179, affirmed.
John C. Davies, Attorney-General, and G. D. B. Hasbrouok, Deputy Attorney-General, for appellants.
Robert G. Ingersoll, Charles L. Easton and Amasa J. Parker, Jr., for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.