WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. DEFIANCE

No. 239.

167 U.S. 88 (1897)

WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. DEFIANCE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander H. Smith and Mr. Henry Newbegin for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.H. Hubbard for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff's right to an injunction was urged in the state courts upon several grounds, but the only questions presented to us are whether the ordinance of December 20, 1887, permitting the railway to construct the bridges and their approaches, constituted a contract between the railway company and the city for the perpetual maintenance of such bridges; and whether the subsequent ordinances...

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