Spokane Street Railway Co. v. City of Spokane Falls

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

The appellant brought an action against the respondents to prohibit them from interfering Avith its *522street railway upon Division street in the city of Spokane Falls, and the court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and dismissed the action. To sustain its right to an injunction, the plaintiff showed that on the 16th day of June, 1886, the city of Spokane Falls, by an ordinance of that date, granted to its assignors the right to lay down, maintain and operate a street railroad upon certain streets, which were named, of which Division…