Des Moines City Railway v. City of Des Moines

I. Appellant, the Des Moines City Railway Company, owns and operates a system of street railways in the city of Des Moines. Sixth Avenue extends from the center of

the principal business district of the city north across the Des Moines River to Highland Park, and perhaps to its northerly limits. On October 4, 1916, the appellee city adopted Ordinance No. 2525, which provides for the widening of Sixth Avenue from School Street to University Avenue, and for a change of grade therein between said points. No provision has been made by the appellee city to pay the expense necessary to be incurred…