City of Burlington v. Burlington Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for writ of prohibition. Heard upon pleadings and testimony at the January Term, 1898, of the Supreme Court, sitting for the county of Chittenden.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is a petition for a writ of prohibition commanding the board of railroad commissioners and the Burlington Traction Company not to proceed further with the application of the Burlington Traction Company, filed with said commissioners, asking for permission to construct and operate a street railroad in the city of Burlington in “the lower road,” so-called, from a point in the city near the Winooski bridge, thence southwesterly to the terminus of its present track, near its car barn.
The Burlington Traction Company, formerly the Winooski & Burlington Horse Railroad Company, was duly…
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- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1890
- Hall & Chase v. J. & J. H. Peck, & Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1838
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