City of Memphis v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the .United States for the Western District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
The bill in this case was filed in the chancery court of Shelby county, Tennessee. The cause was removed on the ground of diverse citizenship of the parties by the Postal Telegraph Cable Company from that court into the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Tennessee, where the defendants demurred to the bill. The latter court sustained the demurrer and dismissed the bill. The object of the suit was to enforce certain ordinances of the city of Memphis, passed December 20, 1891, and January 28, 1902, respectively, requiring the payment of rentals by…
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