HONOLULU R.T. CO. v. TERRITORY OF HAWAII

No. 412.

211 U.S. 282 (1908)

HONOLULU RAPID TRANSIT & LAND COMPANY v. TERRITORY OF HAWAII, BY HEMENWAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David L. Withington, with whom Mr. Aldis B. Browne, Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. W.R. Castle and Mr. A. Perry were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles R. Hemenway, Attorney General of the Territory of Hawaii, for appellee, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE MOODY delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, hereafter called the Transit Company, was incorporated by a law of the Territory of Hawaii. Chapter 66, §§ 835-871, Revised Laws of Hawaii. The corporation was granted the right to construct and operate a street railway for a term of thirty years in the District of Honolulu. The character of the construction...

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