BURR v. COLUMBUS

No. 739.

249 U.S. 415 (1919)

BURR ET AL., PARTNERS, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FIRM NAME OF PARKINSON & BURR, v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph S. Clark, with whom Mr. Karl E. Burr, Mr. Henry A. McCarthy, Mr. Henry J. Booth and Mr. W.O. Henderson were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Henry L. Scarlett, with whom Mr. David F. Pugh was on the brief, for appellees.


Memorandum by direction of the court, by MR. JUSTICE DAY.

This case was argued and submitted with No. 715, just decided, ante, 399. It was brought by owners and holders of more than $200,000 of certain mortgage bonds of the Street Railway Company. The bill alleged diversity of citizenship, and also rights alleged to arise under the Constitution. The case was heard upon motion for a temporary injunction and upon defendant's motion to dismiss the bill. The injunction...

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