Legal Opinion
City of Summit v. Morris County Traction Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 17, 1913PublishedCited by 9 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gummere, Chief Justice.
The city of Summit, in 1907, on the application of the defendant company, passed an ordinance granting leave to it to construct and operate a trolley line through the city streets, upon certain conditions specified in the ordinance and agreed to by the company. These conditions were many in number and of varying importance. Some of them related to the construction of the road, others to the operation thereof, and still others to the payment to the city of compensation for .the privilege of using the city streets. Most of those…
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Tudor v. BeathIndiana Court of Appeals · 1921
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