People ex rel. Woodhaven Gaslight Co. v. Public Service Commission

• Court: New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
• Writing for the Court: PER CURIAM.
• Citation: People ex rel. Woodhaven Gaslight Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n of New York, 236 N.Y. 530, 142 N.E. 271 (N.Y. 1923)
• Decision Date: 08 May 1923
• Parties: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. THE WOODHAVEN GAS LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, v. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

236 N.Y. 530

142 N.E. 271

PEOPLE of the State of New York ex rel. WOODHAVEN GASLIGHT COMPANY, Appellant,

v.PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

May 8, 1923.

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department (203 App. Div. 369,196 N. Y. Supp. 623), entered November 17, 1922, which dismissed a writ of certiorari and confirmed the proceedings of the Public Service Commission in directing the relator to extend its gas mains and service in the Fourth ward of the borough of Queens, so as to reasonably serve with gas the residents of Locust Manor, Locust Lawn, South Jamaica Place, Springfield, and Laurelton. The Appellate Division found upon the record that there was sufficient evidence to sustain the finding that there was a necessity and a demand for the extension of the relator's service in question and that there was a duty upon the relator to supply the needs of the residents of the communities in question, if practicable, and on the review of all the evidence in the case it was shown that it was practicable for the relator to make the extension of the service in question and dismissed the writ of certiorari. On this appeal from the order dismissing said writ, the relator contended...