Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1910-06-17
Citations: 199 N.Y. 539
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 539–540

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant.
People v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 138 App. Div. 601, affirmed.
(Argued June 13, 1910;
decided June 17, 1910.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 6, 1910, in favor of plaintiff upon the submission of a controversy, under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as to whether certain equipment trust certificates and dividend warrants came within the provision of the Public Service Commissions Law prohibiting railroad corporations from issuing “ stocks, bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness payable at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof” without permission from the proper commission.
Albert II. Ila/rris and Thomas Emery for apj>ellant.
ledyard P. Bale for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Smith, P. J., below.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Willard Bartlett, Hiscook and Chase, JJ.