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COVINGTON v. SOUTH COVINGTON ST. RY. CO.

No. 225.

246 U.S. 413 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 376

62 L.Ed. 802

CITY OF COVINGTON v. SOUTH COVINGTON & CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.E. Stricklett for appellant.

Mr. Alfred C. Cassatt, with whom Mr. Richard P. Ernst and Mr. Frank W. Cottle were on the briefs, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by the appellee to restrain the City of Covington from carrying out an ordinance of July 14, 1913, that provides for the grant of a twenty-year franchise for a street railway over certain streets to the best bidder. The plaintiff claims a right by grant and contract over the same streets, which will be interfered with, and sets up Article...

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