Teachout v. Des Moines Broad-Gauge Street-Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from PolJc District Court. — Hob. Maectts Kavabag-h, Jk., Judge. This is a proceeding under section 3408 of the Code, by which the parties thereto presented to the court below an agreed statement of facts, and sought the determination of the question whether the Des Moines Broad-Gauge Street-Railway Company has legal power and authority to operate street railroads in the city of Des Moines by electricity or other motive power other than animal power.
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Appeal from PolJc District Court. — Hob. Maectts Kavabag-h, Jk., Judge. This is a proceeding under section 3408 of the Code, by which the parties thereto presented to the court below an agreed statement of facts, and sought the determination of the question whether the Des Moines Broad-Gauge Street-Railway Company has legal power and authority to operate street railroads in the city of Des Moines by electricity or other motive power other than animal power. The issue presented by the agreed statement of facts was in the nature of' an action in equity, and the object was to enjoin the…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
— I. This proceeding grows out of the litigation which originated between the Des Moines Street-Railroad Company and the Des Moines Broad-Gauge Street-Railway Company, two rival street railways in the city of Des Moines. It is in fact another feature of the contention between said companies which was so elaborately considered by this court in the case of Des Moines St. R. R. Co. v. Des Moines Broad-Gauge St. Ry. Co., 73 Iowa, 513, and other cases. After the filing of the opinion on rehearing in the cases named, the city council, by certain resolutions duly passed, determined that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bridge Proprietors v. Hoboken Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1864
- Des Moines Street R. R. v. Des Moines Broad-Gauge Street R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Van Gorden v. Ormsby Bros.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1881
3Cited by8 opinions
- State ex rel. County Attorney v. Des Moines City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Keehn v. KeehnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Goetzman v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- United States v. McGeeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1909
- Belknap v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
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