Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 1, 1900 (People ex rel. Terminal Railway v. Board of Railroad Commissioners)

Edwards, J.:

The certificate of incorporation of the Lehigh and Lake Erie Railroad Company was filed May 1, 1896. The purpose of its incorporation, as expressed in its articles of association, was to construct, maintain and operate a railroad “ from a point on the main line of The Lehigh Yalley Railway, about one-half mile west of its crossing of Union Road, in the Town of Cheektowaga, Erie