Lund v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.

*288The opinion of the court was/delivered hy

Hadley, J.

— Tbe respondent railway company applied to tbe city council of tbe city of Spokane for leave to construct its line of railroad along and across certain streets and alleys of said city. An ordinance granting said privilege was passed and approved. Washington street, in said city, extends upon both sides of tbe Spokane river; tbe portions of tbe street separated by tbe river having been connected by a wooden bridge at the time of!the passage of the ordinance above mentioned. By the terms of said ordinance a steel bridge was required to be…