Township of Springwells v. Detroit, Plymouth & Northville Railway
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Frazer, J. Assumpsit by the township of Springwells against the Detroit, Plymouth & Northville Railway, principal, and the American Bonding & Trust Company, surety, on a bond. There was judgment for plaintiff on a verdict directed by the court, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
The Detroit, Plymouth & Northville Railway about May 15, 1901, obtained from the township of Springwells a franchise for the construction and operation of a line of street railway along Warren avenue from the then northerly limits of the city of Detroit to the then westerly line of plaintiff township. Among the terms and conditions of the resolution by the township board of Springwells granting permission to the defendant railway to construct a street railway on Warren avenue it was provided that the track should be laid to a gauge of 4 feet *278inches, composed of T rails of a weight of 60…
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