Dubuque Electric Co. v. City of Dubuque
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa; Henry T. Reed, Judge. Suit in equity by the City of Dubuque, Iowa, against the Dubuque Electric Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
Appellee filed a hill in equity in the " district court of Dubuque county, Iowa, to compel the appellant by mandatory injunction “to keep on hand at its principal office, half-fare tickets for sale to laborers, mechanics, workwomen, and working girls at the rate of 2% cents each, good from 6:15 to 7:45 a. m. and 5:15 to 6:45 p. m., and to carry said persons over their said system upon payment of said half-fare rate during said hours.” The Electric Company, which is a corporation of the state of Delaware, removed the case to the federal court. Upon a hearing in that…
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