Reynolds v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

This action was in mandate to compel the defendants to interchange transfers upon their respective lines of street railways intersecting East Ninth Street in the city of Los Angeles.

Eliminating from consideration the question of the right of the petitioner to seek relief in mandate, the following are the undisputed facts presented: In 1897 the city of Los Angeles granted to one Kays and his assigns a franchise for the construction and operation of an electric street railway over and along certain streets in the city of Los Angeles, and in particular over a portion of Ninth Street between…