State ex rel. City of Bridgeton v. Bridgeton & Millville Traction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

This is a proceeding on a rule to show cause, on the part of the relator, why a writ of mandamus should not issue, commanding the Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company forthwith to resume and discharge its duly as a common carrier of passengers, and the exercise of its franchises by operating and continuing to operate, for the transportation of passengers, the street railway, with all necessary turnouts and switches, the tracks of which were located, by ordinance 66 of the city of Bridgeton, the relator, entitled “An ordinance…