Case Name: Howard M. Witbeck, in Behalf of Himself and Other Taxpayers of the City of Lockport, et al., Appellants, v. The Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company et al., Respondents, and City of Lockport, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-03-27
Citations: 247 N.Y. 586
Docket Number: 
Parties: Howard M. Witbeck, in Behalf of Himself and Other Taxpayers of the City of Lockport, et al., Appellants, v. The Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company et al., Respondents, and City of Lockport, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 586–587

Head Matter:
Howard M. Witbeck, in Behalf of Himself and Other Taxpayers of the City of Lockport, et al., Appellants, v. The Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company et al., Respondents, and City of Lockport, Appellant.
(Argued February 15, 1928;
decided March 27, 1928.)
Frank C. Laughlin, Frank Irvine, Abner■ T, Hopkins, David Tice, George C. Lewis and' C. L. Nicholls for plaintiffs, appellants.
George W. Riley, Corporation Counsel, for city of Lock-port, appellant.
Louis L. Babcock and Warren Tubbs for Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company., respondent.
William L. Ransom, William W. Storrs, Henry R. Frost, Jacob H. Goetz and Jeremiah M. Sheehan for International Power and Transmission Company, et al., respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Crouch, J., below.
Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O'Brien, JJ. Not sitting: Pound, J.