City of Jacksonville v. Jacksonville Railway Co.

By an act of the legislature, the appellee corporation was authorized to construct and operate a railway in the town of Jacksonville, “in, over, across and along any and all the avenues, streets, public grounds, squares and alleys within the present and future corporate limits of said town.”

By virtue of its charter, the railway company claim the right to construct the track of its road across a public square, operate its road there, and thus frustrate the original purpose for which the ground was dedicated, and destroy its future benefit and enjoyment as a- public park.

This bill was filed to…