Elgin v. Hessen
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
In Equity. Suits by E. S. Elgin and J. F. Ramier, receivers of the Memphis Gas & Electric Company, by T. H. Tutwiler and F. S. Elgin, receivers of the Memphis Street Railway Company, by the Rock Island Memphis Terminal Railway Company, by the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company, by the Memphis Union Station Company, and by the Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Terminal Company, against J. H. Hessen, Treasurer of the City of Memphis.
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In Equity. Suits by E. S. Elgin and J. F. Ramier, receivers of the Memphis Gas & Electric Company, by T. H. Tutwiler and F. S. Elgin, receivers of the Memphis Street Railway Company, by the Rock Island Memphis Terminal Railway Company, by the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company, by the Memphis Union Station Company, and by the Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Terminal Company, against J. H. Hessen, Treasurer of the City of Memphis. On motions to set aside temporary restraining orders.
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, District Judge
(sitting by designation). On motions to set aside temporary restraining orders. The complainants in the several cases, all of which present the same question, are the receivers of the Memphis Street Railway Company, the receivers of the Memphis Gas & Electric Company, the Memphis Union Station Company, the Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Terminal Company, the Rock Island Memphis Terminal Railway Company, and the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company. For the purposes of taxation they are all of the same class—public utilities within the city of Memphis. Their complaint is that the…
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