City of Cincinnati ex rel. Bettman v. Interurban Railway & Terminal Co.

The plaintiff in this case, the city of Cincinnati, through its solicitor, has brought this action for the purpose of enjoining the defendants from charging passengers on their cars any rate of fare in excess of that provided in the ordinance passed by the council of the village of Pleasant Ridge on the 19th day of November, 1901, by which ordinance a certain grant and franchise was created, which provided "that should the village of Pleasant Ridge be annexed to the city of Cincinnati, the rate of fare charged for a ride in either direction between any point in said village and the.…