Africa v. Board of Mayor & Aldermen of Knoxville
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Tennessee
This was a suit by J. Simpson Africa, trustee, against the board of mayor and aldermen of the city of Knoxville, Tenn., and the Citizens’ Railway Company, to enjoin the laying of street-railway tracks in certain streets of the city of Knoxville.
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, District Judge.
A restraining order Laving been granted, the case is now considered on the application for injunction. Complainant recently purchased the corporate property and franchises of certain street-railroad companies formed for the purpose of operating street railroads in the city of Knoxville. The original company was the Knoxville Street-Railroad Company, which subsequently became consolidated, under the statute of the state, will) oilier companies. No question is made on the regularity of such consolidation, and it becomes unnecessary, for the purpose of this case, to refer…
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