Louisville City Railway Co. v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 1 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED Act of February 15, 1864, incorporating the appellant. Elliott’s Digest of Laws and Ordinances of Louisville, 207. 4 Bush, 478.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion oe the court.
By an act approved February 15,1864, the General Assembly incorporated the Louisville City Railway Company, with authority for and during the term of thirty years to construct, maintain, and operate single or double-track railways over and along such streets or highways within the city of Louisville as its general council might authorize, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions, and with such rights and privileges, as might be secured by contract with said general council, “as provided in an act for the benefit of Louisville, approved…
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