San Antonio Traction Co. v. Altgelt
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. ■ This was a petition by Altgelt, suing by his next friend, originally filed in the District Court of- Bexar County, for a peremptory mandamus, against the Traction Company, a Texas corporation operating a street railway system, commanding it to issue to -the plaintiff twenty half-fare street car tickets upon the payment’ of fifty cents, the same being at the rate of two…
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IN ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. ■ This was a petition by Altgelt, suing by his next friend, originally filed in the District Court of- Bexar County, for a peremptory mandamus, against the Traction Company, a Texas corporation operating a street railway system, commanding it to issue to -the plaintiff twenty half-fare street car tickets upon the payment’ of fifty cents, the same being at the rate of two and a half cents per ticket. . Both1 parties relied upon the legal effect of certain legislation of the State of Texas…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case depends upon the construction and Validity of certain legislative, acts of the State of Texas ,from 1874, the date of the original charter,, to 19.03,. the.date of the act complained' of as an-impairment of the Traction Company's contract:’
The.Constitution of 1869, in.force at.the time the..original company was chartered, contained no limitation upon the power of the legislature to grant franchises in towns, cities and other' subdivisions of the State. The San-Antonio.Street Railway Company was incorporated in .1874 by special act, in which it' was.provided, section .8, that ‘fall…
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