Patapsco Electric Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore

This is an appeal from a decree of Circuit Court Mo. 2 of Baltimore -City, enjoining the appellant corporation from conducting an electric lighting business within the limits of Baltimore City. The decree also required the appellant to remove, from the streets and highways of the City, the poles, wires and other apparatus which had been used in connection with such business.

The bill of complaint in the case alleged that the plaintiff was a municipal corporation, having full power and control over the streets, highways, lanes and alleys within its corporate limits, and that the defendant was a…