LONG ISLAND WATER SUPPLY CO. v. BROOKLYN

No. 216.

166 U.S. 685 (1897)

LONG ISLAND WATER SUPPLY COMPANY v. BROOKLYN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 16, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Benjamin F. Tracy for plaintiff in error. Mr. Harry Hubbard and Mr. John M. Dillon were on their brief.

Mr. George G. Reynolds and Mr. Albert G. McDonald for defendant in error.


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

So far as respects any mere matter of procedure, or of conflict between the statute authorizing the condemnation or the proceedings had thereunder and the constitution of the State, the decision of the Court of Appeals is conclusive. West River Bridge Company v. Dix, 6 How. 507; Bucher v. Cheshire Railroad, 125 U.S. 555; Adams...

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