City of Monroe v. Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line Railway
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Monroe; Gilday, J. Mandamus by the city of Monroe against the Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line Railway to compel respondent to comply with the provisions of its franchise in running its cars through said city. From an order granting the writ respondent brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The relator seeks the writ of mandamus to compel respondent to operate cars during certain hours, pursuant, it is claimed, to the terms of a franchise granted by relator to respondent and contract relations thereby established. After a hearing the circuit court ordered the writ to issue, and the respondent reviews the action by certiorari.
*365The order will be affirmed unless, as respondent contends, the relations established by the granting and accepting of the franchise have been so changed that the -franchise has no longer any force in the premises. Respondent states its contention as follows:
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Attorney General ex rel. City of Monroe v. Toledo & Monroe RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
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