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PEOPLE'S RAILROAD v. MEMPHIS RAILROAD

77 U.S. 38 (1869)

10 Wall. 38

PEOPLE'S RAILROAD v. MEMPHIS RAILROAD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. McRac, Carlisle, and McPherson, for the old Company, plaintiffs in error:

Messrs. Wilson, Pike, and Johnson, contra.

Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Express authority was vested in the Memphis City Railroad Company, by the fourth section of their act of incorporation, to "construct, maintain, use, and operate street railways by animal power, on all or any of the streets in the city of Memphis, using for that purpose all necessary machinery and equipments," and "to make, complete...

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