Briden v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Mandamus. Heard on appeal from decision of Superior Court. Appeal dismissed.
1Opinion
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus preferred on behalf of the city of Pawtucket by the members of the board of aldermen of that city, to compel the respondent, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, to alter, amend, and strengthen a bridge maintained over its tracks as a continuation of Lonsdale avenue.
The case is submitted to the court on an agreed statement of facts by which it appears that the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company was incorporated, by the General Assembly of this State, in 1844; section 11 of the act of incorporation, so far as it bears on this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- People ex rel. City of Bloomington v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Cooke v. Boston and Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- People ex rel. Western New York & P. Railroad v. AdamsNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Carolina Central Railroad v. Wilmington Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
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