Memphis Street Ry. Co. v. Rapid Transit Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the. Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — F. H. Heiskell and Feast oís Fentress, Chancellors.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The-bill of complaint was filed by the Memphis Street Bailway Company to enjoin the Bapid Transit Company and the other corporate defendants from operating their vehicles, commonly called jitneys, on certain of the streets of Memphis, under conditions alleged showing and charging their operation to be a public nuisance.
Complainant alleged its ownership of a valid franchise and its operation thereunder of cars on the streets *597for street railway purposes; that it was the largest taxpayer in the city; that the operation of the jitney trasses was to afford a service similar to that ordinarily…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Patton v. ChattanoogaTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
- Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. Rapid Transit Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Bartlesville Electric Light & Power Co. v. Bartlesville Interurban Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Coffeyville Mining & Gas Co. v. Citizens' Natural Gas & Mining Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1895
- Baxter Telephone Co. v. Cherokee County Mutual Telephone Ass'nSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
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- State Ex Rel. Lightman v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- Rutherford v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
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