Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railway Co. v. City Council of Alexandria
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tlie Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria, rendered April 22, 1899, on a petition for a mandamus, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Ajipellant, with the consent of the appellee, constructed a passenger railway over certain streets in the city of Alexandria, in the year 1892, using rails of an improved pattern, known as the tram girder rail, such as were then commonly in use, and as are still used by many street railways.
The City Council of Alexandria, by an ordinance approved July 15, 1898, ordered that a portion of King street, one of the principal thoroughfares of the city, should, for the distance of one square, be repaved with vitrified brick on a six-inch concrete base;…
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