Legal Opinion
Newport Electric Corp. v. Oakley
Superior Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 8, 1924No. Eq. No.2041Published
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
Heard on prayer for a preliminary injunction to restrain respondent from operating a motor bus for the transportation of passengers over Rhode Island public highways forming a portion of a route from Newport, Rhode Island, to Fall River, Massachusetts.
Complainant is the holder of a franchise to operate a street railway company. It has also received permission to operate public mlotor vehicles under General Laws of 1923, Chapter 254.
The jurisdiction of equity is not open to question.
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