Legal Opinion
City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Continental Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co. Of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1953No. 14771PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the threatened forfeiture of the franchise granted by the City of Des Moines, Iowa, to the Des Moines Railway Company, which is now in the hands of operating receivers pending foreclosure of the mortgage securing its bonded indebtedness.
The Des Moines Railway Company, until receivers were appointed, maintained and operated the street transportation system in the City of Des Moines, Iowa, under a franchise ordinance enacted in 1940. In January, 1952, the Company abandoned or curtailed service on…
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