# Matter of Quinby v. . Public Service Comm.

> New York Court of Appeals · April 5, 1918 · 223 N.Y. 244

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3592282

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of the Application of Henry D. Quinby, Individually and as Comptroller of the City of Rochester, Et Al., Appellants, for a Writ of Prohibition Against the Public Service Commission of the State of New York for the Second District Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** New York Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** April 5, 1918
- **Citations:** 223 N.Y. 244; 119 N.E. 433; 3 A.L.R. 685; 1918 N.Y. LEXIS 1177
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Crane
- **Judges:** Pound, Crane
- **Cited by:** 82 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Crane, J.
(concurring): I concur. I am of the opinion that the reserve police power of the legislature has not been contracted away. I concur in the above opinion in so far as it states that the legislature has not in this instance given to the public service commission the power of regulation.
Cuddeback, Cardozo and Andrews, JJ., concur with Pound, J., and Crane, J., concurs in memorandum; His cock, Ch. J., and Collin, J., dissent.
Order reversed, etc.

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