Hudson v. Kootenai Power Co. Ltd.

Respondent Hudson commenced this action against the Kootenai Power Company to compel the company to remove its poles and wire line from a strip of land running across block “U” in the city of Coeur d’Alene. The Kootenai Power Company and the city contended that the land was a public alleyway of the city and that the company was operating its distributing system in the alley by right of a franchise from the city. The court found in favor of the city to the effect that it was a public alleyway, and judgment was entered in favor of the Power Company. Respondent Hudson was granted a new trial on…