Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co. v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Frazer, J. Bill by the Detroit Citizens’ Street-Railway Company to restrain the city of Detroit and the Detroit Railway from carrying out the provisions of an ordinance for the construction and operation of a street-railway line. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The bill in this case was filed to restrain the defendant the Detroit Railway from constructing and operating a street railway in certain streets in the city of Detroit, the complainant claiming to have a prior right to construct and operate a street railway in such streets under and by virtue of an ordinance of the city. The complainant is the successor to the Detroit City Railway. By an ordinance approved November 24, 1862, the Detroit City Railway was—
“Exclusively authorized to construct and operate railways, as herein provided, on and through [certain named streets], and through such…
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