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FORT SMITH TRACTION CO. v. BOURLAND

No. 220.

267 U.S. 330 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 249

69 L.Ed. 631

FORT SMITH LIGHT & TRACTION COMPANY v. BOURLAND ET AL., CITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.M. Campbell, with whom Mr. Joseph M. Hill and Mr. Henry L. Fitzhugh were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Sam R. Chew, Mr. Harry P. Daily and Mr. Geo. W. Dodd appeared for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Fort Smith Light & Traction Company owns and operates in that city a street railway system with about 22 miles of line. Included in the system is a line extending, for a third of a mile, on Greenwood Avenue. Under the law of Arkansas, a street railway is not permitted to abandon any part of its line without leave of the city commission which exercises the powers of a public utility commission. The company...

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