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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Elizabeth S. Potter et al., Respondents, v. The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York et al., Defendants, and Cooperstown and Northern Railway Company, Appellant, 1908 — 192 N.Y. 573 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Elizabeth S. Potter et al., Respondents, v. The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York et al., Defendants, and Cooperstown and Northern Railway Company, Appellant
192 N.Y. 573·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Elizabeth S. Potter et al., Respondents, v. The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York et al., Defendants, and Cooperstown and Northern Railway Company, Appellant.
People ex rel. Potter v. Board of R. R. Comrs., 124 App. Div. 47, affirmed.
(Argued May 20, 1908;
decided June 2, 1908.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 21, 1908, which reversed a determination of the board of railroad commissioners granting a certificate of necessity and convenience to the Cooperstown and Northern Railway Company, and annulled such certificate.
Celora E. Martin and Tilley Blakely for appellant.
Lynn J. Arnold for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.