Seattle, R. & S. Ry. Co. v. City of Seattle
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Washington
In Equity. Bill by the Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Company against the City of Seattle, its Mayor, City Comptroller, and Members of its City Council. On demurrer to'bill.
1Opinion of the Court
DONWORTH, District Judge.
The defendants have demurred to the bill oria number of grounds; but the only point urged in argument is that the court .is without jurisdiction because both complainant and the defendant city are corporations of the state of Washington, and the individual defendants are citizens of the same state, and the suit does not arise, it is contended, under the Constitution or any law of the United States. The bill alleges (treating the supplemental bill- 'ás a part of the bill) that complainant is the owner of a line of street railway in Seattle, maintained and operated by…
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