City of Kansas City v. State ex rel. Enright

An actiipn was brought in the name of the state, on the relation of the county attorney of Wyandotte county, to enjoin the mayor and councilmen of the city of Kansas City, Kan., from enacting certain ordinances granting franchises to street-railway companies, in violation of chapter 199, Laws of 1895, which prohibits a city of the first class having a population of over 40,000 from granting a right to operate a street-railway along any street without having first obtained the consent of a majority of the per*780sons owning real estate fronting upon such street. The injunction was allowed, and the…