City of Detroit v. Detroit City Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan
In Equity. Suit in the circuit court of Wayne county, Mich., by the city of Detroit against the Detroit City Railway Company, the Detroit Citizens’ Street-Railway Company, Sidney D. Miller and William K. Muir, trustees, and the Washington Trust Company of the City of New York, for an injunction to compel the removal of tracks from the streets, and to restrain respondents from operating a street railway therein.
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In Equity. Suit in the circuit court of Wayne county, Mich., by the city of Detroit against the Detroit City Railway Company, the Detroit Citizens’ Street-Railway Company, Sidney D. Miller and William K. Muir, trustees, and the Washington Trust Company of the City of New York, for an injunction to compel the removal of tracks from the streets, and to restrain respondents from operating a street railway therein. The Washington Trust Company of the City of Yew York removed the cause to this court, and a motion to remand was thereafter denied. 54 Fed. 1. A motion by complainant to postpone the…
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge.
Tbis is a suit in equity, brought by the city of Detroit for an injunction to compel the Detroit Citizens’ Street-Kailway Company to cease the running of its cars, and to remove its railway trachs from the streets of the city. The cause was heard on bill and answer in the spring of 1893, and every question was then decided save one. This the court reserved for further argument, and gave leave to the parties to amend their pleadings, and to introduce evidence in respect to it. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court at the former hearing, reported in the…
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