In our opinion, summary judgment was properly rendered in favor of respondents. Defendant's franchise under section 27 was dependent upon the continued existence of the street in question as a public highway. When, in the interests of the general public, the street was formally closed, that right was extinguished (New York Cent. R. R. Co. v. Westchester Light. Co., 226 App. Div. 825). Nor do we find any merit to defendant's contention that the Town of Mt. Pleasant...
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