Legal Opinion

Missouri & Kansas Interurban Railway Co. v. City of Olathe

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 4, 1911No. 726PublishedCited by 25 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. Motion to dismiss. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum opinion by direction of the court.

By Mr. Justice Hughes.-

Motion to dismiss. This suit was. brought by the-Railway Company, plaintiff in error, against the City of’ Olathe, Kansas, in the district court of Johnson County, in that State, to recover damages caused by the repeal of an ordinance authorizing the use of certain streets of the city for an interurban railway and by the consequent prevention, until the passage of a new ordinance, of its construction and operation. The defendant demurred to the petition upon the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Great Western Telegraph Co. v. BurnhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Haseltine v. Central Bank of SpringfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. McComb v. CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  4. Miners' Bank of Dubuque v. United States Ex Rel. GrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1847

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  4. Leonard v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
  5. Carondelet Canal & Navigation Co. v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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