Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. John P. O'Brien et al., as Receivers of the New York and Westchester Water Company, Respondents, v. James P. Keating, as Commissioner of the Department of Highways of, the City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1901-03-19
Citations: 166 N.Y. 601
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. John P. O’Brien et al., as Receivers of the New York and Westchester Water Company, Respondents, v. James P. Keating, as Commissioner of the Department of Highways of, the City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 166
Pages: 601–601

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. John P. O’Brien et al., as Receivers of the New York and Westchester Water Company, Respondents, v. James P. Keating, as Commissioner of the Department of Highways of, the City of New York, Appellant.
People ex rel. O’Brien v. Keating, 55 App. Div. 555, affirmed.
(Argued February 26, 1901;
decided March 19, 1901.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 12,1900, affirming an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the defendant to issue to the relators a permit to open a certain street in the city of New York.
John Whalen, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and Terence Farley of counsel), for appellant.
W. C. Prime and Henry H. Pierce for respondents.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs ; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O'Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Martin, Vann and Landon, JJ.