Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) William B. Ellison, Corporation Counsel ( George S. Coleman of counsel), for Edward W. Hatch, Charles A. Collin, John L. Wells George D. Yeomans for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. NASSAU ELECTRIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Respondent, v. EDWARD M. GROUT, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Appellants. Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below. Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., O'BRIEN, EDWARD T. BARTLETT, HAIGHT, VANN, HISCOCK and CHASE, JJ.