City of Detroit v. Fort Wayne & Belle Isle Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Eelator applied for mandamus to compel respondent to comply with the provisions of an ordinance regarding the sale of tickets. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, J.
Eespondent,- by virtue of an ordinance adopted in 1865, is operating a street railway in the city of Detroit, and this is an application for a mandamus to compel it to comply with the provisions of an ordinance enacted in January, 1893, requiring it to “issue and sell, by its conductors or other duly-authorized -agents, to persons applying therefor, upon each and every car operated by said company within the limits of the city of Detroit, tickets, to be good for transportation over the entire route of said company, or any portion thereof, traveling continuously either way, between” certain…
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