Denver Tramway Co. v. Londoner
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. This action was brought by The Denver Tramway Company (plaintiff below) on December 11,1889, to enjoin the then mayor and chief of police of the city of Denver from interfering with its employees in the construction of a certain line of electric street railway in a street of the city of Denver.
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Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. This action was brought by The Denver Tramway Company (plaintiff below) on December 11,1889, to enjoin the then mayor and chief of police of the city of Denver from interfering with its employees in the construction of a certain line of electric street railway in a street of the city of Denver. It appears that the plaintiff company at and prior to the commencement of this action was a corporation formed by the consolidation of The Denver Electric and Cable Railway Company and The Denver Railway Association, corporations theretofore duly…
1Per curiam
In the opinion originally promulgated in this case it was said: The particular relief sought by the action is rendered nugatory by the completion of the line of railway in controversy under subsequent state and municipal legislation.” But in the preparation of that opinion it was assumed that counsel for plaintiff had conceded the power of defendants (the mayor and chief of police) to question the *152validity of the authority under which the plaintiff company was constructing its electric lines. Such was our understanding of their oral arguments ; and upon this assumption it was said: “ The sole…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. SalomonIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Kreigh v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Union Depot Co. v. City of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1880
3Cited by4 opinions
- City and County of Denver v. Denver Tramway CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- City of Denver v. Mercantile Trust Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1920
- Board of Public Works v. Denver Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1901