Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of Tacoma
District Court, W.D. Washington
Suit by the Old Colony Trust Company, as trustee, etc., against the City of Tacoma.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
Suit is brought by complainant, mortgagee of the property of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company, asking that the defendant city be enjoined from taking any steps to forfeit a franchise granted the mortgagor for electric power purposes by a certain city ordinance and from asserting title to, or attempting to control, the electric appliances constructed thereunder.
Suit was brought to enjoin the forfeiture of this franchise in the state court by the mortgagor, in which suit the city secured a decree forfeiting the franchise and property used under it. The complainant in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of OmahaSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Beall v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Smith v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Meyer v. Johnston & StewartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Dinsmore v. Racine & Mississippi RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
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