Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Bill in equity to .enjoin, the enforcement of an ordinance of the city of Cleveland, passed January 11, 1904, purporting to grant to the Forest City Railway Company the' right to maintain and operate a street railroad upon streets alleged to be covered by grants to the appellee not yet expired and which, it is contended, constitute contracts, the obligation of which is impaired by the…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Bill in equity to .enjoin, the enforcement of an ordinance of the city of Cleveland, passed January 11, 1904, purporting to grant to the Forest City Railway Company the' right to maintain and operate a street railroad upon streets alleged to be covered by grants to the appellee not yet expired and which, it is contended, constitute contracts, the obligation of which is impaired by the ordinance of January 11, 1904, in violation of the contract clause of the Constitution of the United States. A preliminary…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The system of railways operated by the appellée comprises about two hundred and thirty-six miles of track. The lines in controversy are but seven miles of- this aggregate, and rest for their initial grant on the ordinance of the twenty-fifth of August, 1879, to the Kinsman Street Railroad Company. This grant expired on the twentieth of September, 1904, unless extended by subsequent ordinances. That it was so extended is the contention of the appellee, and .that it has the right to operate its railways on the streets in controversy until February, 1908, tmder the contracts constituted by those…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Cleveland v. Cleveland City Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
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