U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York January 27, 1909 (Gay v. Hudson River Electric Power Co.)

RAY, District Judge.

The Madison County Gas & Electric Company is a corporation of the state of New York engaged in manufacturing gas and generating electricity for the supply of the city of Oneida, N. Y., and its inhabitants, and holds'the sole franchise for that purpose. Its plant and apparatus is badly out of repair, and some of it is dangerous for this reason.