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UNITED RAILROADS v. SAN FRANCISCO

No. 282.

249 U.S. 517 (1919)

UNITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Garret W. McEnerney, with whom Mr. William M. Abbott, Mr. William, M. Cannon and Mr. Andrew F. Burke were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. Hiram W. Johnson, with whom Mr. George Lull and Mr. John J. Dailey were on the briefs, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by the appellant to prevent the construction of a municipal street railway on Market street and adjoining streets in San Francisco with tracks on the two sides of the plaintiff's double track, for more than five blocks, and also to prevent the incidental cutting of the plaintiff's tracks. The appellant claims the right by grant and contract...

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