Shreveport Traction Co. v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Andrew Jackson Murff, Judge. Injunction by the Shreveport Traction Company against the city of Shreveport and others to restrain the execution of an ordinance requiring plaintiff company to issue transfers to passengers on its street cars. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The city of Shreveport seeks by an ordinance, adopted by its council, to compel the plaintiff company to issue transfer tickets to passengers on its street cars.
This ordinance provides that any passenger who shall have paid his fare on any street ear or any vehicle on defendants’ line shall, on his request, be entitled to a transfer ticket to be carried on any one line adjoining to, connecting with, or crossing the roads of defendant.
One of the conditions under the ordinance upon which the passenger may obtain this ticket is that the transfer ticket shall be used in the next car going on the…
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