Ogden City Railway Co. v. Ogden City
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment upon demurrer of the district court of the first judicial district. The complaint alleged the grant to the Ogden City Railway Co., made August 7, 1883, which was exclusive, and the acceptance and performance of the conditions thereof by the grantee, that the plaintiff had acted on the grant, and expended large sums of money, issued bonds, and built its tracks, etc.; that “plaintiff owns a valuable tract of land on Washington avenue, and pays taxes on a…
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Appeal from a judgment upon demurrer of the district court of the first judicial district. The complaint alleged the grant to the Ogden City Railway Co., made August 7, 1883, which was exclusive, and the acceptance and performance of the conditions thereof by the grantee, that the plaintiff had acted on the grant, and expended large sums of money, issued bonds, and built its tracks, etc.; that “plaintiff owns a valuable tract of land on Washington avenue, and pays taxes on a large amount of real estate and personalty; that said Twenty-fifth street, from the depot to the junction with…
1Opinion of the Court
ZaNE, C. J.:
The complaint filed in the court below in this case, among other things, alleged that on August 7, 1883, the city council of Ogden City adopted an ordinance grant- , ing to the plaintiff permission to lay down a double-tracked street railway on Twenty-fifth street and Washington avenue, and that in June, 1890, the city, upon certain conditions named in the ordinance, gave the defendants permission to construct a double-track railway on the same streets, to be operated by electricity; that these are the main business streets of the city; that the plaintiff had constructed on them a…
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