United Railroads of San Francisco v. City and County of San Francisco
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The case is stated in the opinion..
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill in equity brought by the appellant to prevent the construction of a municipal street railway on Market street and adjoining streets in San .Francisco with tracks on the. two sides of the plaintiff’s double track, for more than five blocks, and also to prevent the inci dental cutting of the plaintiff’s tracks. The appellant claims the right by grant' and contract to forbid the proposed action and relies upon the Constitution of the United States, upon the state constitution which provides that private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just…
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