Louisville City Railway Co. v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 49 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— New city charter of Louisville, p. 93. Constitution of Kentucky, sec. 37, art. 11. Act incorporating appellant, and contract with the city by ordinance. [No brief in records.]
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court:
A legislative act of February 15th, 1864; incorporating the “Louisville City Railway Company,” authorized it to construct and “ operate,” with the consent of the city council, street railways, “in such manner and on such terms” as the council, “by contract or otherwise,” should prescribe. Accordingly, the city council and. the railway company, on the 9th of March, 1864, made a contract containing many stipulations, the ninth of which is in the following words: “The said Louisville City Railway Company shall, for the franchise and privilege…
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