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DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY v. DETROIT

No. 492.

255 U.S. 171 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 285

65 L.Ed. 570

DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY v. CITY OF DETROIT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Mr. Elliott G. Stevenson, Mr. John C. Donnelly, Mr. William L. Carpenter, Mr. P.J.M. Hally and Mr. Hinton E. Spalding were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Clarence E. Wilcox and Mr. Alfred Lucking for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, plaintiff below, sets forth in its bill that it is the owner of a system of street railways in the city of Detroit, and suburban lines running from said city. The suit was brought in the District Court, to enjoin the city of Detroit and the other defendants, municipal officials, from acquiring or constructing a system of street railways, which had been provided for by an ordinance of the city, with...

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