Detroit City Railway v. Mills
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Reilly, J.) Bill to restrain defendants from interfering with the construction of an electric street railway. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The complainant was organized in May, 1863, under chapter 94, How. Stat. It has from time to time extended its tracks, under the direction of the common council, upon the streets of the city, until it now has many miles of road and large amounts of money invested. It has, during the 27 years of its existence, been engaged in the business of carrying passengers to and from different parts of the city.
January 3, 1889, the common council authorized the complainant to lay, construct, use, and operate a single street-railway track in, along, and through Mack street, *644from its conjunction with…
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