Levis v. City of Newton
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
This was a bill by Howard O. Levis, trustee, against the city of Newton, A. K. Kufton, mayor, and the Newton Electric Company. On application for preliminary writ of injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLSON, District Judge.
As the hearing for injunction was had upon the bill, with affidavit of plaintiff sustaining the averments of facts therein, the substance of the bill should here be stated:
The defendant city of Newton is a municipal corporation (city of the second class) organized under the General Statutes of Iowa. In January, 1887, the city council of- said city duly enacted an ordinance (No. 129) providing that:
H. M. Vaughn and his assigns are hereby granted the right and privilege to place in the streets and alleys of the city of Newton poles for the purpose of supporting wires,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Presser v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Grant v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Santo v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1855
- St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
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- Board of Mayor v. East Tennessee Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
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