Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of International Railway Company, Appellant, v. William S. Rann, as Corporation Counsel of the City of Buffalo, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-07
Citations: 185 A.D. 906
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of International Railway Company, Appellant, v. William S. Rann, as Corporation Counsel of the City of Buffalo, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 906–906

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of International Railway Company, Appellant, v. William S. Rann, as Corporation Counsel of the City of Buffalo, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus.
Order affirmed as a matter of law and not in the exercise of any discretion, without costs.

Opinion:
Held, we are of the opinion that the provisions of the MHburn agreement ' with reference to ñve-cent fares in the city of Buffalo are " property or rights " of the city; that any relinquishment thereof is a disposition of such "property or rights " within the meaning óf section 31 of the city charter. AH concurred, except Foote, J., not voting.
Laws of 1914, chap. 217, § 31. — [Rep.