Louisville & Portland Railroad v. Louisville City Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 2 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. cited 11 Peters, 420; 13 Howard, 71; 17 Conn., 454; 6 Paige, 554;. 1 Ohio St.Rep., 622; 21 Vt., 591; 2 Met., 165. cited 1 vol. Am. Ti. R. Cases, 237; 2 Gray, 1; Const, of Ky., sec. 37, art. 2; 2 Met., 219; 2 Bibb, 96.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered tub opinion of the court:
The city of Louisville, by an ordinance of the 31st of May, 1837, conceded to the Lexington and Ohio railroad company, incorporated by an act of January the 27th, 1830, the right to construct its road on High street from Louisville to its terminus on the Ohio river at Portland, then not incorporated with the city as a portion of it; and afterwards, in the same way, in consideration of $6,000 in stock in the road, the city granted to the company the right of way on the Portland avenue, which is about 200 yards south of High street and parallel…
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