State ex rel. City of Indianapolis v. Indianapolis Union Railway Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Superior Court of Marion County; Vinson Garter, Judge. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of the city of Indianapolis, against the Indianapolis Union Railway Company to compel the elevation of tracks. Erom a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the alternative writ, relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJobdan, J.
The State of Indiana, on the relation of the city of Indianapolis, instituted and prosecuted this action in the lower court for a writ of mandamus, seeking thereby to coerce appellee, a corporation owning and controlling a series of railroad tracks in said city, to elevate its tracks at and between certain street crossings. An alternative writ of mandate was issued upon the petition filed. This writ contained all of the material facts averred and set out in the petition. The writ, as issued, commanded the defendant to commence, without delay, the work of removing its railroad tracks where the…
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