Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. v. Dowell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; JohnE. Martineau, Chancellor; 1. Appellee as a mail carrier was divested of no vested right by the passage of the amendment to the original ordinance. Cooley, Const. Lim. 437, 471; Black, Const.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; JohnE. Martineau, Chancellor; 1. Appellee as a mail carrier was divested of no vested right by the passage of the amendment to the original ordinance. Cooley, Const. Lim. 437, 471; Black, Const. Law, 429; 8 Cyc. 895; Id. 904; Id. 938; 68 Ark. 368; 65 Ark. 30; 69 N. Y. 282; 135 N. Y. 222; 76 Fed. 130. The Legislature may delegate to municipal corporations the power to grant franchises, and an ordinance which grants a franchise has the force and effect of a statute. 81 N. W. 1046; 164 U. S. 471; 44 la. 505; 7 So. 8; 64 Ark. 152; 95 N. W. 952; 105 Wis. 672;…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
On September 27, 1901, the council of the city of Little Rock granted to the Little Rock Traction & Electric Company, appellant’s assignor, a franchise to construct a street railway in the city and to operate the same for a term of fifty years. The franchise contained a provision, among others, that the railway company should pay to the city one per cent, of its gross receipts during the first ten years of the term, and increasing the percentage to be paid one per cent, during each successive period of ten years thereafter. It also contained a provision that “policemen, firemen and United…
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- City of Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
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- Thomas Manufacturing Co. v. PratherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Board of Improvement of Sewer Improvement District No. 1 v. PollardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Hot Springs v. CurrySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
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