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NEW YORK v. SQUIRE

No. 185.

145 U.S. 175 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 880

36 L.Ed. 666

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. NEW YORK ELECTRIC LINES COMPANY, v. SQUIRE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.M. Marble for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James C. Carter and Mr. Melville Egleston, by leave of court, filed an intervening brief on behalf of the Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Mr. David J. Dean (with whom was Mr. James Hillhouse on the brief) for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

In the New York courts it was contended by the relator (1) that the aforesaid acts of the legislature of that State passed in 1885 and 1886 were not applicable to it because passed subsequently to the date of the alleged contract between it and the city, of April 16, 1883; (2) that if they were applicable to it, they were violative of the constitution of the State

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