Wheeling Traction Co. v. Board of Com'rs
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio; John E. Safer, Judge. Suit by the Board of Commissioners of Belmont County, Ohio, and the Trustees of Pultney Township, Belmont County, against the Wheeling Traction Company. Erom a decree for complainants, defendant appeals.
1Per curiam
The commissioners of Belmont county and the trustees of Pultney Township, Ohio, brought suit in the Belmont court of common pleas to enforce specific performance of a covenant contained in a railway franchise contract between them and the appellant company. The suit was removed to the court below on the ground of diversity of citizenship. Subject to such contract, the company was operating an electric street railway over the county road known as the Bellaire and West Wheeling road, from the north corporate boundary of the city of Bellaire northwardly to the south line of Pease township in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Louisville City Railway Co. v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
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- Philadelphia v. Ridge Ave. Pass. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
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