State ex rel. Caldwell v. Citizens Street Railway Co.

Dufbte, C.

From tbe information filed by tbe state in this case the following facts appear: Three street railway companies, known as the “Capitol Heights Street Railway Company,” the “Lincoln Rapid Transit Street Railway Company,” and the “North Lincoln Street Railway Company,” were duly organized under the laws of this state, and in the year 1887 ordinances were passed by the city council of the city of Lincoln calling elections for the purpose of *358obtaining the consent of the electors of the city to the construction of lines of street railway in and over the streets of said city. So far as…