Case Name: In re BROOKLYN CITY R. CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1898-03-29
Citations: 51 N.Y.S. 1139
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re BROOKLYN CITY R. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 51
Pages: 1139–1139

Head Matter:
In re BROOKLYN CITY R. CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
March 29, 1898.)
In the matter of the application of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company for the appointment of commissioners to determine the necessity for the construction of tracks on Johnson street.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This application is wholly informal. It should properly be made by petition, though we do not say that affidavits would not suffice if they contained all the necessary allegations entitling the applicant to the appointment of commissioners. The papers do not show that the Brooklyn City Railroad Company is a corporation, much less that it is a railroad corporation, incorporated under the laws of this state. If it is not such a corporation, it is not entitled to receive such a franchise. The. a are various other requirements by statute, with which the applicant must comply before it is entitled to maintain this application. The petition should be modeled somewhat after the form of that prescribed in condemnation proceedings. Application denied, with $10 costs and disbursements, with leave to renew.