Portland Ry. v. City of Portland
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
In Equity. Complaint by the Portland Railway, Light & Power-Company against the City of Portland and others.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAN, District Judge.
This suit is brought by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company against the city of Portland and its-officers to enjoin the enforcement of an order of the common council of the city, opening, widening, and extending Belmont street so far as it affects the complainant’s right of way. In its bill the' complainant avers that it is an Oregon corporation owning and operating a street railway system in the city of Portland, arid is a common carrier of passengers for hire; that it owns and uses as a part of its system a right of way and easement 30 feet wide over private…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Iron Mountain R. Co. of Memphis v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
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