Thurston v. Huston

The defendant Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Company, as assignee of tire Thompson-Hous* ton Electric Company, operates a street railway system in Cedar Rapids under a privilege or franchise granted by an ordinance of said city. That part of the ordinance having reference to the' streets to be occupied by the railway tracks, and particularly applicable to the present controversy, provides that the company “may enter upon and construct, maintain, and operate a single or double track railway, with the necessary turn-outs and switches, upon such streets and highways in said city as may be…