Township of Grosse Pointe v. Detroit & Lake St. Clair Railway
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Donovan, J. Mandamus by the township of Grosse Pointe against the Detroit & Lake St. Clair Railway, impleaded with the Rapid Railway Company and the Detroit, Lake Shore & Mt. Clemens Railway, to compel a compliance with the conditions of a franchise granted the last-mentioned road. Prom an order granting the writ, respondent brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is certiorari to review a peremptory writ of mandamus issued by the circuit court on petition of the.township of Grosse Pointe, requiring the Detroit, Lake Shore & Mt. Clemens Railway and the Detroit & Lake St. Clair Railway, two Michigan corporations, to comply with certain conditions of a franchise granted by the relator to the Detroit, Lake Shore & Mt. Clemens Railway, its successors and assigns, and accepted by said railway. By virtue of 2 Comp. Laws, § 6448, the Detroit & Lake St. Clair Railway had purchased the railroad, franchise rights, and other property of the Detroit, Lake…
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