Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. Rapid Transit Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County. —P. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This bill was filed by the Memphis Street Railway Company to enjoin the Rapid Transit Company and other defendants from operating jitneys on the streets of Memphis- in competition with the complainant’s street ears. A demurrer was interposed by defend*102ants, and sustained by the chancellor, and the complainant has appealed to this court.
Complainant alleged that it was organized under the laws of Tennessee, and had a franchise from the city of Memphis to operate a street railway system in that city; that it had expended in excess of $10',000,000 in constructing and .equipping its street railway…
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